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# Golan Heights

This month
March 2024
The Explainer: What challenges are Irish troops facing in an unstable Middle East?
'Mammoth task': How Ireland will move €23m of kit back from Syria next month
The Irish Defence Forces is ending its ten year involvement in peacekeeping in Syria next month.
Last month
February 2024
'I hated every second of my civilian job': Irish troops on what it's like to work on the Golan
Niall O’Connor reports from the Golan Heights, where Irish troops have been receiving their service medals today.
Quick Reaction Force: On patrol with Irish soldiers across Syria's contested Golan Heights
News Correspondent Niall O’Connor is in Syria visiting Irish troops keeping the peace on the contested Golan.
Last year
2023
Defence Forces to participate in UN peacekeeping mission in Syria until next spring
Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syria after rockets fired towards Golan Heights
Defence Forces to withdraw 130 Irish troops from UN peacekeeping mission in Golan Heights
All time
Irish troops return home after six month deployment in Syria
Trump Heights: Israel names Golan Heights settlement after Donald Trump
Donald Trump sent Benjamin Netanyahu a signed map of Israel with the word 'nice' beside annexed territory
'Myself and the children are devastated': Soldiers due to return to Ireland tomorrow face 'unacceptable' delay
Trump says the US will recognise Golan Heights as Israeli territory
Irish troops to return to Syrian side of Golan Heights after removal due to safety concerns
Iranian cleric threatens Israeli cities with destruction as tensions flare between both nations
At least 23 fighters killed after Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria
Wounded Syrians are arriving in Israel on donkeys, desperate for treatment
Explainer: How a UK minister may lose her job over 'secret' meetings in Israel
Secret Santa, selection boxes and teamwork: Christmas for Irish Defence Forces at Golan Heights
From war-torn Syria to another All-Ireland hurling final - Eoin Larkin's remarkable journey
PICS: Enda dons a blue helmet, meets Irish troops and saves Christmas
Enda is off to visit our troops in the Golan Heights
Photos: Irish soldiers return home after six months in Golan Heights
Watch an Irish army unit get ambushed by their enemies (in a drill)
This father and son are going away this month - to Syria
Ireland is sending 130 soldiers into one of "the most dangerous UN missions in the world"
Thief returns stolen Roman artefacts because they brought 20 years of bad luck
ISIS fighters involved in battle 'within a kilometre' of Irish Golan Heights base
Irish troops safe after mortar attack injures two UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights
Joy and tears as Irish Golan Heights troops are reunited with their families
Here's what St. Patrick's Day looks like to Irish soldiers in war-torn hotspots
Two rockets fired from Syria hit Israel, says army - so they're returning fire
'The war has divided families more than decades of Israeli occupation ever did'
This is what Christmas looked like for Irish troops serving overseas
Defence Forces test water supply amid claims Irish troops are at risk of E Coli
Irish troops arrive home alive as Golan Heights mission is 'de-risked'
Romantic proposal as soldier gets down on one knee on return from Syria
Coveney satisfied UN will review Irish troops' Golan Heights mission
Coveney confirms Irish troops will return to Golan Heights amid increased tensions
As Coveney mulls decision on Irish troops, Israel shoots down Syrian plane in Golan Heights
'I will not send Irish troops into civil war in Syria' - Coveney