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The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously extended "for a final time" a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long "orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal.
The UN Security Council is set to vote Thursday on the future of the blue helmet peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon, which has faced US and Israeli opposition.France, which oversees the issue at the Security Council and has the support of Beirut,
Two council diplomats said late Wednesday that the United States, which had been demanding that the force known as UNIFIL be terminated in a year, did not object to a French draft resolution with that end date in 16 months.
Germany does not have a national security council, unlike many other countries, but that is about to change. What are the security body's tasks, and will it be able to hasten Berlin's sluggish decision-making?