The UN's Reluctant Exit: Lebanon Faces an Uncertain Future The impending departure of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from southern Lebanon has been a long time coming, but its timing couldn't be more inopportune.
Israel continues to test the region's fragile truce with increasingly brazen attacks, and the international community is scrambling to find alternative solutions to fill the vacuum left by UNIFIL's withdrawal.
The talks in Paris on Thursday brought together European and Arab military chiefs amidst growing fears of a renewed Israeli military campaign.