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The United Nations said Thursday it was “working on” maintaining a presence in Lebanon once the mandate for its UNIFIL peacekeeping force expires at the end of the year.“In terms of the post-UNIFIL, we’re currently in the process of working on these options,” said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, with the Lebanese government "very clear that they would want to keep a UN presence.” For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has served as a peacekeeping force between Israel and Lebanon since 1978 but finds itself caught in the crossfire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel to avenge the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli airstrikes.UNIFIL comprises nearly 8,200 troops from 47 countries. It has lost five troops
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