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Golan Heights
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'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.
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'I hated every second of my civilian job': Irish troops on what it's like to work on the Golan
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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.
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Donald Trump sent Benjamin Netanyahu a signed map of Israel with the word 'nice' beside annexed territory
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'Myself and the children are devastated': Soldiers due to return to Ireland tomorrow face 'unacceptable' delay
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Trump says the US will recognise Golan Heights as Israeli territory
21 Mar 2019
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Irish troops to return to Syrian side of Golan Heights after removal due to safety concerns
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diplomatic tensions
Iranian cleric threatens Israeli cities with destruction as tensions flare between both nations
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Welcome back
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enemies in the ditch
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This father and son are going away this month - to Syria
9 Sep 2015
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Ireland is sending 130 soldiers into one of "the most dangerous UN missions in the world"
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Tel Aviv
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taking to bunkers
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5 May 2015
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Attack
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4 May 2015
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safe and sound
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YOUNG LOVE
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out of harm's way
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