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UN sets 2027 exit for Lebanon peacekeepers after Israeli strikes

US Border Patrol agents and Washington DC Metro Police perform a traffic stop on 9th Street Northwest on August 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. [AFP]

The Security Council voted Thursday for UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027, allowing only one final extension after pressure from Israel and its US ally to end the nearly 50-year-old force.

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