UN peacekeepers keep close eye on Syria after colleagues seized

Описание: (28 Aug 2014) United Nations troops were keeping a close eye on the Syria-controlled side of the Golan Heights on Thursday after 43 peacekeepers were detained by an armed group during fighting in Syria and 81 other peacekeepers found themselves trapped.
The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a "period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces", the office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.
It said the trapped peacekeepers were "currently being restricted to their positions in the vicinity of Ar Ruwayhinah and Burayqah".
The statement did not specify which armed group was holding the peacekeepers.
Various Syrian rebel groups, including the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, have been fighting the Syrian military near the Golan Heights.
On Wednesday, opposition fighters captured a Golan Heights crossing point on the disputed border between Syria and Israel.


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