UN positions in Lebanon risk being 'occupied': peacekeeping chief

More than 10,000 peacekeepers with the UNIFIL mission have been stationed in southern Lebanon since 1978 and are tasked with monitoring the "Blue Line" of demarcation with Israel. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under secretary-general for peace operations, said that "UNIFIL peacekeepers are staying, they're holding their line, and they're determined to continue doing what they're mandated to do." He said the force had rejected an Israeli request that it move five kilometers from the Blue Line. "First of all...