Decision day approaches for Trump admin on controversial UN force that failed to disarm Hezbollah
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U.N. mission UNIFIL faces scrutiny as Trump administration reportedly considers ending mandate, with experts criticizing its failure to prevent Hezbollah's expansion in Lebanon since 2006.
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"Among countless failures by the United Nations in the Middle East, UNIFIL may be the most spectacular. Tasked with ensuring that Hezbollah would not rearm after the 2006 war, it patiently watched as Hezbollah became the largest non-state terrorist and military organization in the world. Stability in Lebanon — within reach only now that Israel has decapitated Hezbollah’s leadership — will not be achieved through UNIFIL," the former U.S. Ambassador during the first Trump administration, David Friedman, told Fox News Digital.
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