Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

This photo shows the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

UN peacekeeping mission starts withdrawal from DR Congo

STORY: UN peacekeeping mission starts withdrawal from DR Congo SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the joint press conference held in Kinshasa 2. SOUNDBITE (French): BINTOU KEITA, UN envoy in the DRC and head of MONUSCO 3. various of a refugee camp (file) STORYLINE: UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), commonly known as MONUSCO, has started withdrawal, said Christophe Lutundula, DRC deputy prime minister and foreign Minister. MONUSCO's disengagement will take place in three phases, starting with a complete withdrawal of the military and police components of MONUSCO from the eastern province of South Kivu by April 30, according to a statement issued on Saturday after the joint press conference held by Lutundula and Bintou Keita, UN envoy in the DRC and head of the UN peacekeeping mission. The second and third phases of the mission's drawdown provide for withdrawal from North Ki

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.

8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) leave Narita airport July 30 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Twenty-two GSDF members are departing this time and 21 will depart later to make up a 43-strong GSDF contingent that has been assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for a period of six months.

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GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) leave Narita airport Jan. 28 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Twenty-three GSDF members departed on the day and others will depart later to make up a 43-strong GSDF contingent assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until the end of August.

8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) leave Narita airport July 30 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Twenty-two GSDF members are departing this time and 21 will depart later to make up a 43-strong GSDF contingent that has been assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for a period of six months.

GSDF mission returns from Golan Heights

GSDF mission returns from Golan Heights

Twenty members of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) arrive at Narita airport Feb. 1 from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after a 6-month U.N. peacekeeping operation. They are the first group of a 43-member contingent, the sixth unit to be sent by Japan to the Syria-based U.N. Disengagement Observer Force, and carried out transport tasks. ==Kyodo