Fiji troops to join depleted Golan peacekeeping force
Some 170 troops from Fiji will join the United Nations peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights in the wake of the withdrawal of Austrian troops.
Some 170 troops from Fiji will join the United Nations peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights in the wake of the withdrawal of Austrian troops.
Syrian rebels have overrun several towns near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the past 24 hours, rebels and a monitoring group said on Thursday, fuelling tensions in the sensitive military zone.
U.N. peacekeepers monitoring the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights have scaled back patrols after rebels detained 21 Filipino observers for three days last week, diplomats said on Thursday.
Syrian rebels holding 21 U.N. peacekeepers near the Israel\’s Golan Heights in southern Syria said on Friday no talks were under way to free the men and gave no indication that they would be released soon.
A number of United Nations truce observers abandoned their posts in the Golan Heights and crossed the border into Israel.
Rebels holding 21 U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights in southern Syria say government forces must leave the area before they free their \”guests\”, an activist in touch with the fighters said on Thursday.