Analysis |
The UN Force on the Israel-Syria border recently celebrated its 50 year anniversary. But after the collapse of the Assad regime and Israel’s incursion in the buffer zone, the international force is left with a weak mandate and an uncertain future
In late May 2024, just over half-a-year ago, the United Nations peacekeeping force alongside the Israeli-Syrian border marked 50 years since its establishment. Known in military and diplomatic jargon as UNDOF – the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force – this international body of over 1200 personnel is responsible for keeping in place the ceasefire between Israel and Syria that was reached at the end of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.