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17/07/2013
Irish Troops To Be Deployed To Syria
A contingent from Ireland's Defence Force is to be deployed to serve with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria has been approved by the government.
The deployment, requested by the UN, will next need approval from the Dáil.
If granted troops will then be sent to the Golan Heights buffer zone between Syria and Israel.
It is understood that an escalation in violence between rebels and forces loyal to Syria's president, lead to Austria pulling out its troops out.
(MH/CD)
The deployment, requested by the UN, will next need approval from the Dáil.
If granted troops will then be sent to the Golan Heights buffer zone between Syria and Israel.
It is understood that an escalation in violence between rebels and forces loyal to Syria's president, lead to Austria pulling out its troops out.
(MH/CD)
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