Welcoming the other IDF, the Irish Defence Forces to the Golan with an important mission ahead.On Ap
Welcoming the other IDF, the Irish Defence Forces to the Golan with an important mission ahead.On April 7th the 48th Infantry Group of the Defence Forces took up duty on the Golan Heights, providing military support for UN observers in a zone between Israeli-occupied Syria and Syria proper.The UN mission on the Golan Heights has become fraught with danger since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria. Substantial parts of the zone have been overrun by armed groups opposed to the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.The 48th, who took over from their Defence Forces colleagues in the 46th Infantry Group, comprise 130 men and women: 14 officers, 115 other ranks and a chaplain.Read More: Irish TimesLt. Col. Peter Lerner -- source link