SDF personnel begin withdrawal from Golan Heights

SDF personnel begin withdrawal from Golan Heights

BEN GURION, Israel - Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of their return to Japan on Dec. 31. The first batch of the 47 SDF personnel involved in transportation and other operations of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force started withdrawing from the U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights based on a government order due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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