Families and loved ones of Irish Defence Forces welcomed home their soldiers with tears and cheers after a six-month deployment in Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Families at Dublin Airport were moved to tears as they welcomed home Irish peacekeepers who had been serving in Lebanon for six months. Among the returning soldiers were Corporal Paddy Brown, who reunited with his three-year-old daughter Molly, Private Ashling Keogh, and Private Evan Fleming, who was greeted by his girlfriend Saoirse Smyth and their Schnauzer, Kaiser.
The emotional reunions took place against the backdrop of rising tensions in the Middle East, where the peacekeepers were stationed in Camp Shamrock, close to the Israeli border and areas controlled by Hezbollah militants. Soldiers were greeted with banners and heartfelt messages from their families, some waving both Irish and United Nations flags
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