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                    Syrian Rebels Release 4 UN Peacekeepers

   by VOA News

   Syrian rebels have released four U.N. peacekeepers from the Philippines
   after abducting them last Tuesday in the Golan Heights.
   The Filipinos are said to be unharmed, and have been transported to
   Israel since their release Sunday.
   The four are part of a U.N. peacekeeping contingent that patrols the
   buffer zone in the disputed Golan Heights, which Israel took from Syria
   in 1967.
   Rebels with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade said the peacekeepers were
   being held for their own safety after clashes between Syrian government
   and rebel forces in the area.
   The abduction of Filipino peacekeepers in the area is the second since
   March when 21 were held for several days by rebels fighting Syrian
   forces.
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