The United Nations Security Council has voted to pull its peacekeeper force from Lebanon after a 47-year deployment in the Middle Eastern country to secure its southern border shared with Israel.

The council extended the country’s peacekeeping mission for the final time on Thursday. The peacekeepers will gradually withdraw from Lebanon until a final departure date of Dec. 31, 2026.

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