UN Peace Operations

Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations will visit Serbia as a part of his 'Balkan journey'. The main purpose of his visit is to discuss the issue of Kosovo independence with the new president Tomislav Nikolić. But experts are convinced that they will not manage to find common ground.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Syrian forces went house to house kicking down doors in the capital Damascus Monday, searching for any remaining rebel fighters behind the clashes that shook the capital last week before the government appeared to reassert control over contested neighborhoods.

July 22, 2012 (AWEIL) - South Sudan on Sunday denied providing any military support or hosting rebel groups who are fighting the government of neighbouring Sudan, arguing that Khartoum was only "covering attacks" its army carried out inside its territory.

The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Côte d'Ivoire, UNOCI and the country's government have blamed each other for security lapses that led to the killing of 11 displaced people in a camp near the western town of Duékoué on Friday July 20. According to official sources, the attack also led to the destruction of the camp.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rebel commanders in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo vowed Sunday to liberate it from government control as intense street battles there entered a third day.

The United States announced Sunday it will suspend military aid to Rwanda on allegations that the southern African nation is backing the rebellion in the neighboring DR Congo.

Can this country maintain its own peace and security when the United Nations Mission In Liberia starts its drawdown of 15,000 troops in dry season? The nation's Defense Minister Brownie Samukai thinks so.  He said a small and efficient army and functional national police force beefed up by about 8,000 UNMIL officers is enough to keep Liberia safe, Minister Samukai told a security forum in Sinkor, Monrovia on Thursday, July 19, 2012. The forum was organized by the Governance Commission.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rebels in eastern Congo are threatening to view United Nations peacekeepers as hostile forces unless the world body explains its role and refrains from further attacks.

The Dutch contribution to UNMISS is little more than a failed attempt to ease the Dutch government’s conscience, say South Sudanese living in the Netherlands. “We’re doing valuable work,” claim Dutch police consultants who were deployed in southern Sudan, now known as the Republic of South Sudan.