# Golan Heights
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This month
March 2024
Podcast
The Explainer: What challenges are Irish troops facing in an unstable Middle East?
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Mar 6th 2024, 4:44 PM
Coming Home
'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.
Niall O'Connor
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Mar 4th 2024, 8:00 PM
Last month
February 2024
Golan Heights
'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.
Niall O'Connor
reports from Syria
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Feb 29th 2024, 5:14 PM
Syria
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.
Niall O'Connor
reports from Syria
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Feb 28th 2024, 6:30 PM
Last year
2023
Cabinet
Defence Forces to participate in UN peacekeeping mission in Syria until next spring
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Jun 13th 2023, 6:30 AM
tensions
Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syria after rockets fired towards Golan Heights
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Apr 9th 2023, 7:43 AM
Golan Heights
Defence Forces to withdraw 130 Irish troops from UN peacekeeping mission in Golan Heights
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Mar 7th 2023, 5:38 PM
All time
Defence Forces
Irish troops return home after six month deployment in Syria
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Apr 5th 2020, 1:27 PM
new settlement
Trump Heights: Israel names Golan Heights settlement after Donald Trump
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Jun 17th 2019, 7:50 AM
Golan Heights
Donald Trump sent Benjamin Netanyahu a signed map of Israel with the word 'nice' beside annexed territory
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May 31st 2019, 11:02 AM
Golan Heights
'Myself and the children are devastated': Soldiers due to return to Ireland tomorrow face 'unacceptable' delay
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Apr 3rd 2019, 7:59 PM
Golan
Trump says the US will recognise Golan Heights as Israeli territory
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Mar 21st 2019, 6:49 PM
Syria
Irish troops to return to Syrian side of Golan Heights after removal due to safety concerns
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Jun 19th 2018, 10:00 PM
diplomatic tensions
Iranian cleric threatens Israeli cities with destruction as tensions flare between both nations
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May 11th 2018, 10:15 PM
Golan Heights
At least 23 fighters killed after Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria
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May 10th 2018, 12:12 PM
Civil War
Wounded Syrians are arriving in Israel on donkeys, desperate for treatment
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Nov 12th 2017, 9:30 AM
Priti Patel
Explainer: How a UK minister may lose her job over 'secret' meetings in Israel
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Nov 8th 2017, 12:30 PM
Defence Forces
Secret Santa, selection boxes and teamwork: Christmas for Irish Defence Forces at Golan Heights
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Dec 25th 2016, 11:00 AM
tour of duty
From war-torn Syria to another All-Ireland hurling final - Eoin Larkin's remarkable journey
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Sep 1st 2016, 8:00 AM
Golan Heights
PICS: Enda dons a blue helmet, meets Irish troops and saves Christmas
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Dec 23rd 2015, 1:12 PM
Welcome back
Photos: Irish soldiers return home after six months in Golan Heights
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Oct 7th 2015, 10:09 PM
enemies in the ditch
Watch an Irish army unit get ambushed by their enemies (in a drill)
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Sep 12th 2015, 8:50 AM
Golan Heights
This father and son are going away this month - to Syria
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Sep 9th 2015, 6:15 AM
Golan Heights
Ireland is sending 130 soldiers into one of "the most dangerous UN missions in the world"
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Sep 8th 2015, 3:53 PM
Tel Aviv
Thief returns stolen Roman artefacts because they brought 20 years of bad luck
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Jul 15th 2015, 6:03 AM
taking to bunkers
ISIS fighters involved in battle 'within a kilometre' of Irish Golan Heights base
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May 5th 2015, 9:59 AM
Attack
Irish troops safe after mortar attack injures two UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights
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11.4k
May 4th 2015, 12:16 PM
safe and sound
Joy and tears as Irish Golan Heights troops are reunited with their families
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Apr 8th 2015, 11:16 AM
Irish Eyes
Here's what St. Patrick's Day looks like to Irish soldiers in war-torn hotspots
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Mar 17th 2015, 8:00 PM
tensions
Two rockets fired from Syria hit Israel, says army - so they're returning fire
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Jan 27th 2015, 2:41 PM
Syria
'The war has divided families more than decades of Israeli occupation ever did'
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Jan 17th 2015, 10:30 AM
a long way from home
This is what Christmas looked like for Irish troops serving overseas
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9.4k
Dec 26th 2014, 8:12 AM
Golan Heights
Defence Forces test water supply amid claims Irish troops are at risk of E Coli
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8.6k
Oct 28th 2014, 7:29 PM
Heroes
Irish troops arrive home alive as Golan Heights mission is 'de-risked'
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Oct 8th 2014, 6:00 AM
YOUNG LOVE
Romantic proposal as soldier gets down on one knee on return from Syria
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Oct 8th 2014, 6:00 AM
Defence Forces
Coveney satisfied UN will review Irish troops' Golan Heights mission
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Oct 1st 2014, 8:50 PM
Syria
Coveney confirms Irish troops will return to Golan Heights amid increased tensions
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Sep 23rd 2014, 7:05 PM
tensions rising
As Coveney mulls decision on Irish troops, Israel shoots down Syrian plane in Golan Heights
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Sep 23rd 2014, 5:41 PM