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Over 300 Filipino troops deployed to the Golan Heights arrived home Friday, September 19, a month ahead of schedule. Military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala says this was – in his words – “a practical” decision on the part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force or UNDOF. Escalating violence in the Golan Heights forced UNDOF to move all its peacekeepers from the Syrian side to the Israeli side. Last month, Filipino troops defied Singha’s orders for them to surrender their firearms after Syrian rebels stormed their encampments.
Read more about the tradition of Filipino UN peacekeepers, on Rappler.
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