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UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

IDF troops are seen on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, December 8, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 9, 2024, 5:10 pm
IDF: Troops will stay in Syria buffer zone and strategic Mount Hermon as long as needed
Israel says move to capture territory is defensive, intended to be temporary; army says it will hold new positions until situation clears up after fall of Assad regime
By Emanuel Fabian
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli forces digging along the Alpha Line separating the Israeli Golan Heights from a demilitarized zone with Syria patrolled by United Nations forces on Nov. 5, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
November 12, 2024, 7:36 pm
UN force says Israeli work on Syrian frontier ‘severe violation’ of 1974 ceasefire deal
UN Disengagement Observer Force responds to AP report showing Israeli defensive construction along Golan Heights border, says ‘violations’ have potential to raise tensions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli forces digging along the Alpha Line separating the Golan Heights from a demilitarized zone in Syria patrolled by United Nations forces on November 5, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
November 11, 2024, 10:13 pm
IDF building along UN-patrolled demilitarized zone in Syria, satellite images show
Photos show trenches and fortifications being constructed along Syrian side of Golan Heights border; UN confirms Israeli encroachment ‘into the area of separation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: UN peacekeepers from Ireland patrol Israel's border with Syria, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 9, 2023, 12:54 pm
Ireland to withdraw soldiers from UN observer force on Israel-Syria border
Irish defense minister says decision to pull its 130 troops from UNDOF made following ‘assessment of sustainability of overseas commitments’; date to be discussed with UN officials
By Emanuel Fabian
A combat engineer removes three anti-personnel mines that Israel says were planted inside Israeli-controlled territory along the border with Syria, on November 17, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 25, 2020, 9:07 am
Israel demands UN Security Council action against Iranian presence in Syria
Following border incidents blamed on Tehran’s Quds Force, UN envoy Erdan says attacks violate 1974 agreement, risk regional escalation
By ToI Staff
Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri of Ghana, Head of the UNDOF peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights, who died April 19, 2019 (Courtesy/UN)
April 19, 2019, 11:58 pm
Head of UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights dies
Israel and United Nations pay tribute to Maj. Gen. Francis Vib-Sanziri of Ghana, a veteran of several peacekeeping missions
By ToI Staff
An image of the CIA's map of Israel taken on March 28, 2019, that refers to the Golan Heights as "Israeli occupied." (Library of Congress)
March 28, 2019, 4:39 pm
US redrawing official maps to include Golan as part of Israel
State Department official says maps will be updated to reflect change in policy and Israel’s need for ‘secure and defensible borders’
By ToI Staff
Armored vehicles of UN peacekeepers of UNDOF, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, wait to cross from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights to Syria, on Thursday, August 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 28, 2019, 1:39 am
As UN Security Council debates Golan, US says it wants peacekeepers to stay
American diplomat says Trump’s recognition of Israeli control over strategic heights does not affect mission of 1,000-strong force deployed along buffer zone
By AFP and ToI Staff
A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 27, 2019, 5:13 pm
UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting on US Golan recognition
Israeli ambassador blasts international response to Trump proclamation as ‘hypocrisy and lies,’ vows united front with Washington
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Jaafari addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters, January 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
March 27, 2019, 3:07 am
After US recognition, Syria requests UN Security Council meeting on Golan
No session immediately scheduled, but issue likely to be discussed during talks on renewing mandate of UN peacekeepers on strategic plateau
By AFP
A convoy of UN vehicles drive through damaged buildings in the Syrian town of Quneitra, in the Golan Heights on March 26, 2019. (Louai Beshara/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 10:03 pm
At UN, European states reject Israeli sovereignty over Golan
Belgium, UK, France, Germany and Poland say no change in stance on strategic plateau after Trump recognition, warn move could have negative consequences
By AFP and ToI Staff
UN peacekeepers and Israeli soldiers are seen on the Israeli side of the Quneitra Crossing between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights on September 27, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
October 13, 2018, 2:23 am
Israel, Syria agree to reopen border crossing — US
Nikki Haley says Quneitra junction to open Monday as part of UN peacekeeping efforts, calls for ceasefire accord between countries to be maintained
By ToI Staff
A member of the Russian military police and Syrian government forces patrol near the village al-Hamidia in the Syrian Golan Heights on August 14, 2018. (AFP/Andrey Borodulin)
August 15, 2018, 8:05 pm
In Syria’s Golan, Russia seeks handover to UN peacekeepers
Apart from ‘a few problems with the Islamic State,’ Russian officer says ‘stability’ has returned to the buffer zone on the Israel border, but refuses to discuss Iranian presence
By Anaïs LLOBET
Members of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) enter Syria from the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria on August 30, 2014. (Flash90)
August 14, 2018, 3:16 pm
Russia deploys police to help UN patrol Israel-Syria border
General says officers setting up checkpoints, clearing landmines to facilitate return of international force to Golan
By ToI Staff and AP
Israeli soldiers walk past vehicles of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) near the town of Majdal Shams, on the Golan Heights, April 27, 2015. (AFP/Jalaa Marey)
August 4, 2018, 6:52 am
As it returns to border, UN looks to reopen crossing between Israel and Syria
Russian military patrols also in area, possibly to reassure Israel, but are not part of UNDOF peacekeeping force because it excludes permanent UN Security Council members
By AP and ToI Staff
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