Report: Rebels capture UN peacekeepers at Israel-Syria border
By JPOST.COM STAFF, JOANNA PARASZCZUK08/28/2014 15:16
Al Arabiya reports that a number of UN troops detained; report comes day after rebel coalition which includes al-Qaida offshoot seized Quneitra crossing.
via Report: Rebels capture UN peacekeepers at Israel-Syria border | JPost | Israel News.
A number of UN peacekeepers stationed on the Israel-Syria border have been kidnapped by Syrian rebel forces, Al Arabiya reported on Thursday.
A coalition of Syrian rebel groups including al-Qaida offshoot Jabhat al-Nusra, seized the Quneitra crossing on Wednesday, forcing Syrian government troops to withdraw after heavy clashes.
Islamist factions Ahrar a-Sham and Jama’a Bait al-Maqdis, and Free Syrian Army Brigades were also involved in the capture of the post, according to the Facebook page of one of the Free Syrian Army factions, Liwa Falujah-Houran.
Rebels on Thursday claimed to be holding the border post despite attempts by the Syrian Arab Army to dislodge them with air strikes.
UNDOF monitors the area of separation between Israel and Syria, a narrow strip of land running 45 miles (70 km) from Mount Hermon on the Lebanese border to the Yarmouk River frontier with Jordan.
Peacekeepers have been caught in the middle of fighting between Syrian troops and rebels in the area of separation
Two groups of Phillipine peacekeepers were captured and released by Syrian rebels last year.
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