Rebels Abduct UN Troops On Golan

  • Middle East Newsline
  • March 07, 2013
NICOSIA [MENL] -- After months of warning, Sunni rebels have taken hostage
United Nations personnel in Syria.
The United Nations has confirmed that at least 21 members of its
peace-keeping and monitoring force in Syria were captured by rebels. The
captives were identified as members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force,
deployed on the Golan Heights and which came under constant rebel fire
in 2013.
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