The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force in Haiti consists of over 2,000 personnel from countries including El Salvador, Chad, Jamaica, and Guatemala, out of a planned 5,500 total personnel

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An Italian military CH-47 Chinook helicopter serving under the European Union peacekeeping force crashed

EUFOR's 1,200-soldier Operation Althea took over from NATO in 2004 to maintain security and oversee the military provisions of a peace agreement that ended the 1992–95 Bosnian war

Photos of the crash site of the Italian CH-47 Chinook near Brcko carried by the Klix news portal showed the military transport helicopter largely destroyed on a lawn

Bosnian officials and Brcko District Mayor Sinisa Milic initially reported that three personnel died in the October 29, 2026 helicopter crash

EUFOR stated that no civilians were injured and no civilian infrastructure, property, or vehicles were damaged in the Brcko helicopter crash

At least four peacekeepers were reported killed in the EUFOR Italian helicopter crash in northern Bosnia on October 29, 2026

EUFOR operates under a United Nations Security Council mandate to promote peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina

EUFOR reported that 11 injured personnel from the October 29, 2026 helicopter crash were receiving medical care in stable condition

EUFOR stated that a thorough and complete investigation was underway following the October 29, 2026 military helicopter crash in northern Bosnia

Four Salvadoran aviation technicians with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force went missing in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, after being ambushed on October 18, 2026, while returning from buying market food

The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force replaced a Kenyan-led mission in Haiti that struggled to help Haitian police quell gang violence due to a lack of resources and funds

In 2025, a drone attack by separatist armed groups on a United Nations base in Abyei killed at least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded eight others

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force expanded to cover all of Afghanistan by late 2006 and peaked at more than 130,000 deployed personnel.

The United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force in Haiti deployed over 2,000 troops, including contingents from Chad, Jamaica, Guatemala, and El Salvador

The Gang Suppression Force advised residents living near the Santo and Croix-des-Bouquets areas to remain indoors while rescue operations and fighting continued

Jack Christofides, special representative for the Gang Suppression Force, stated at the UN on October 19, 2026 that hostile incidents and gang attacks against international forces have increased

The United Nations Security Council authorized the 5,550-member Gang Suppression Force in September 2025 to replace a Kenya-led multinational force that faced funding shortages

UN special envoy Carlos Ruiz Massieu stated on October 19, 2026 that electoral preparations in Haiti progressed with over 35 political groups registering 3,500 candidates, expecting elections could occur in 2027 if security permits

At a UN Security Council meeting on October 19, 2026, US Ambassador Mike Waltz stated the US believes the four missing Salvadoran soldiers survived the October 18, 2026 ambush in Croix-des-Bouquets

UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric condemned the October 18, 2026 ambush in Croix-des-Bouquets on October 19, 2026, demanding the immediate and safe release of the four missing Salvadoran soldiers