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Philippine UN peacekeepers defy Syria rebels

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By Web Desk Published August 29, 2014 2 Min Read
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Dozens of heavily armed Philippine peacekeepers defied Syrian rebels on Friday in a Golan Heights standoff, hours after the fighters took hostage 43 Fijian soldiers there, the Filipinos´ commander said.

Seventy-five Filipino troops were defending two fortified posts in the UN-patrolled zone after armed groups surrounded them on Thursday and demanded they give up their weapons, Colonel Roberto Ancan told reporters in Manila.

Ancan, the commander of the Philippines´ peacekeeping operations division, said no shots had been fired during the stand-off, but that his troops were prepared to engage in combat.

“We can use deadly force in defence of the UN facilities,” Ancan said.

“I (would) just like to emphasise our troops are well-armed, they are well-trained… they are well-disciplined warrior peacekeepers.”

The military said the soldiers were occupying UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) posts about four kilometres (2.5 miles) apart in the buffer zone between Syria and Israel that was created after a 1974 ceasefire after a short war.

On Wednesday Syrian rebels, including militants from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed one section of the buffer zone and exchanged fire with Israeli troops.

A day later the fighters captured 43 Fijians, forcing them to surrender their weapons then taking them hostage.

Ancan said the rebels used an English-speaking Fijian hostage to relay their demand to the Filipino peacekeepers, who refused and stood their ground.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino described the situation in the Golan Heights as “tense”.

The UN peacekeeping force has been stationed there since 1974 to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and Syria.

There are currently 1,200 UNDOF peacekeepers: from the Philippines, Fiji, India, Ireland, Nepal and the Netherlands.

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