Spanish troops join UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Tyre (Lebanon), Sept 15: About 550 Spanish troops began landing in Tyre today to join a UN peacekeeping force being expanded to patrol south Lebanon alongside the Lebanese army after Israel's war with Hizbollah guerrillas.

Their arrival over the next few days will bring the number of UN troops in Lebanon close to the target of 5,000 which the United Nations says should prompt Israel to pull its troops out of the tiny border pockets they still occupy.

''Our target is 5,000 in the next few days,'' said Milos Strugar, a spokesman for the UNIFIL peacekeeping force.

REUTERS

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