Irish troops withdraw from Syria posts

Irish troops have withdrawn from a series of posts on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in the last two days.

Irish troops withdraw from Syria posts
Tue, 16 Sep, 2014 - 01:00
Eoghan MacConnell

Defence Minister Simon Coveney has also confirmed that the next deployment of troops to the region is expected to be delayed by two weeks.

The peacekeepers are part of UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) on the Golan Heights, a strip of demilitarised land dividing Israel and Syria since 1974.

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