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Source: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/foreign-affairs-minister-i-dont-want-irish-troops-sucked-into-syrian-civil-war-30567417.html

Israeli Troops Saved Irish Peacekeepers on Syria Border

(Sunday Independent-Ireland) Jim Cusack and John Drennan - The Sunday Independent has now established from senior sources that Irish soldiers would have been killed or taken hostage by Islamist extremists if it wasn't for the military intervention of the Israeli army during last week's battle to save besieged UN soldiers. The Israeli military, which has posts on high ground overlooking the UN observer bases in Quneitra, was able to guide the Irish troops and help them avoid concentrations of the more heavily armed al-Nusra force. There are also unconfirmed reports that the Israelis directed fire at the Islamists to stop them from attacking the Filipino and Irish soldiers.

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