France, US compromise to renew UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

[1/2] Members of the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) stand together during Lebanese army media tour in disputed Bastra farms, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to extend a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for another year after a compromise was reached between France and the United States on language about the freedom of movement of U.N. troops. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) – established in 1978 – patrols Lebanon’s southern border…