United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
Peacekeeping mission overseeing Israeli–Syrian ceasefire
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| February 2025 | Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israeli forces would remain in southern Syria 'for an indefinite period' to protect communities and thwart threats. |
| 2024 | Israeli Defense Forces occupied the buffer zone after the collapse of the Syrian Ba'athist regime. |
| December 2024 | Anita Asmah from Ghana becomes the latest commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| December 8 2024 | After the fall of the Assad regime, Israel launched an invasion into the Quneitra Governorate, advancing into the UNDOF buffer zone. |
| December 7 2024 | Armed individuals penetrated UNDOF position 10A near Hader, exchanged fire with peacekeepers, and looted equipment. |
| June 27 2024 | UN Security Council extended UNDOF's mandate in the Golan for six months, continuing the mission until 31 December 2024. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emphasized the continued necessity of UNDOF's presence despite a calm ceasefire line. |
| September 2022 | Nirmal Kumar Thapa from Nepal takes over command of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| 2020 | Fijian Battalion was based at Camp Ziouani. |
| July 10 2020 | Ishwar Hamal from Nepal assumes command of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| October 13 2017 | Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri of Ghana was appointed as Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNDOF. |
| September 11 2014 | 45 captured Fijian peacekeepers were released by al-Nusra Front rebels. |
| August 2014 | Syrian rebels captured Fijian peacekeepers and surrounded Filipino troops at UN posts. |
| September 2013 | Ireland deployed 115 peacekeepers to serve with UNDOF based at Camp Faouar. |
| June 6 2013 | Austria announced withdrawal of its troops after Syrian rebels attacked the Quneitra border crossing. |
| May 10 2013 | Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario announced intentions to pull out their 342 peacekeepers due to increased risks. |
| March 2013 | Al-Nusra Front took 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers hostage in the neutral buffer zone near Observation Post 58. |
| 2012 | UNDOF's long-standing period of full cooperation between Israel and Syria ended as the Syrian Civil War disrupted the peacekeeping mission. |
| 2011 | Druze apple trade between Golan Heights and Syria was interrupted. |
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