43 UN peacekeepers held in Syrian Golan Heights – Official

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/themes/punch/images/dots-horizontal.gif); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-top-color: rgb(255, 1, 1) !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-top-width: 1px !important; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 9px 4px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Forty-three UN peacekeepers are being held by an “armed group” in the Syrian Golan Heights, a UN spokesperson says.</span></h1> <div class="entry-content" style="overflow: hidden;"> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The UN Disengagement Observer Force personnel were detained near Quneitra, during fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another 81 peacekeepers are being restricted to their positions in the vicinity of al-Ruwayhina and Burayqa.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It comes a day after rebels took control of a crossing into the Israeli-occupied Golan after a long battle.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Activists said the rebels included members of the al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">During the fighting, an Israeli soldier and an Israeli civilian were wounded by stray bullets. The Israeli military said it had responded with artillery fire at two Syrian army positions.</span></div> </div> </div> </div>

43 UN peacekeepers held in Syrian Golan Heights – Official

Forty-three UN peacekeepers are being held by an “armed group” in the Syrian Golan Heights, a UN spokesperson says. The UN Disengageme...

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