Uruguay s Army Sunday reported that its peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights were in good shape after missile attacks were recorded Saturday in the area they are patrolling. However, the group s mission was temporarily suspended.
Gen. Mario Stevenazzi Wednesday took over from Gen. Gerardo Fregosi as head of Uruguay s Army during a ceremony at the Army headquarters in which Defense Minister Javier García praised the force s work during the Covid-19 pandemic and in other matters of national sovereignty.
One Uruguayan soldier needed surgery after sustaining a fractured skull and another was reported to be recovering well after they were both attacked in Uganda while on leave from their peacekeeping group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.