The UN remains committed to a role in Lebanon even as its peacekeeping mission, which has operated in the country’s south for nearly five decades, nears the end of its mandate on Dec. 31, the UN undersecretary-general for peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told Arab News. The wind-down comes as Lebanon warns of a looming security vacuum — its UN ambassador called the withdrawal “premature” in an August letter to the Security Council — while Israeli strikes in the south have continued despite
