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Swiss could contribute to peacekeeping in Ukraine, army chief says

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland could contribute troops to a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if it were requested and the government agreed, Swiss armed forces chief Thomas Suessli said in an interview published on Sunday. “We could probably field around 200 soldiers in nine to 12 months,” Suessli told newspaper SonntagsBlick, stressing that it would…

Lebanon condemns attacks on UN peacekeeping mission

Cs news8 months ago03 mins

ROME (Reuters) – Lebanon on Monday condemned attacks on the United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNIFIL) stationed in its south, including last week’s rocket strike in which four Italian soldiers were lightly injured. The 10,000-strong multi-national UNIFIL mission is monitoring hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel, an area hit by fierce clashes between the Iran-backed…