Minister for Defence Simon Coveney is set to review 130 troops today at Collins Barracks in Cork ahead of their deployment to the Golan Heights later this month.
130 members of the 50th Infantry group will be the fifth Irish contingent to be deployed with UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force), since September 2013.
The Irish contingent, under the command of Lt Col Daragh McKevitt, is made up of 14 officers, one chaplain, and 115 enlisted personnel.
It will provide armoured force protection for UNDOF personnel, and provide support for observation posts throughout the area of separation.
The area of separation in the Golan Heights region between Israel and Syria is over 75km long, and varies in width between 10km and 200m.
