UNIFIL patrol in southern Lebanon comes under attack: What to know

BEIRUT — Clashes erupted in Lebanon on Thursday between members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and residents of a southern town, marking the latest in a series of similar confrontations that have escalated in recent months. 

What happened: According to the state-run National News Agency, a UN peacekeeping patrol was passing through the town of Aaitit when a group of residents intercepted it, demanding that the peacekeepers leave and return only with a Lebanese Army…