Ireland Mulls Peacekeeper Withdrawal from Golan Heights

Ireland's defense minister says his country needs safety reassurances from the United Nations before it sends more peacekeepers to the Israel-Syria border next month. Simon Coveney told Irish broadcaster RTE Monday that the U.N. must provide clarity on the "acceptable level of risk" for a peacekeeping mission before Ireland will send troops again to the Golan Heights. That's where Islamist groups continue to hold 44 Fijian peacekeepers abducted last...

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