Ireland Foreign Relations Lebanon

Three Irish soldiers serving with U.N. peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon were freed Saturday, a day after their abduction by Muslim extremists. A U.N. spokesman said the three soldiers are "in good shape and back with their unit" in the village of Tibnin, headquarters for the Irish army unit serving with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The men were rescued by Amal, a Shia Muslim militia friendly to Syria, from a house in the village of Sultaniye, about a mile from Tibnin.

Three Irish soldiers serving with U.N. peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon were freed Saturday, a day after their abduction by Muslim extremists. A U.N. spokesman said the three soldiers are "in good shape and back with their unit" in the village of Tibnin, headquarters for the Irish army unit serving with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The men were rescued by Amal, a Shia Muslim militia friendly to Syria, from a house in the village of Sultaniye, about a mile from Tibnin.

Six Irish soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon were wounded Wednesday in an explosion at their contingent's headquarters in an area populated mostly by Shia Muslims, a U.N. spokesman said. The explosion occurred at 2:30 a.m. in a house used by the Irish soldiers in the town of Tibnine, about 12 miles north of the Lebanese border with Israel.

Six Irish soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon were wounded Wednesday in an explosion at their contingent's headquarters in an area populated mostly by Shia Muslims, a U.N. spokesman said. The explosion occurred at 2:30 a.m. in a house used by the Irish soldiers in the town of Tibnine, about 12 miles north of the Lebanese border with Israel.