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UN resolution being voted on would cut Lebanon peacekeepers

by Associated Press
| August 27, 2020 9:03 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is voting on a resolution that would extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for a year but reduce its troop ceiling from 15,000 to 13,000 in response to U.S. pressure.

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