KATHMANDU: A troop of Nepali Peacekeeping Mission has left here for Syria to participate in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) Tuesday.
The 192-member troop comprises machined infantry, engineers, health workers and others. The troop left here in a special flight of UN this morning.
The UN Security Council had established UNDOF in 1974 to maintain a ceasefire between Israel and Syria and to supervise the border area between the two countries.
Nepali Army has been contributing to the peacekeeping mission since the establishment of UNDOF.
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