UN Peacekeepers Released after Capture in Golan

Four UN peacekeepers that were captured and held against their will for almost a week in Golan have been freed by a Syrian rebel group known as the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade.

Only last Tuesday, the peacekeepers, who were serving in the UN Disengagement Observer Force, were captured in Golan, near Jamlah town.

Although the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for hold the peacekeepers, they defended themselves claiming that they did it to “secure and protect” the men from getting killed in the shelling carried out by Assad’s security forces.

 
It was learnt that the four peacekeepers of Philippine origins have been transferred to Israel shortly after their release.