CONFLICT● ELEVATEDSep 19 · Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM

The new lines of southern Lebanon

NPR News · middle east

The U.N. expanded the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's mandate 20 years ago to include monitoring adherence to a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah — the militant group created in 1982 to counter a second Israeli invasion.

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