Philippines to keep its UN forces in Golan Heights

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Mar 142013
 

4:56 pm | Thursday, March 14th, 2013

DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines said Thursday it would keep its contingent of United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, after Syrian rebels abducted 21 of them last week and held them for three days.

“The Philippine contingent to the UNDOF (UN Disengagement Observer Force) would remain stationed in the Golan Heights to perform its obligation in the name of peace,” foreign department spokesman Raul Hernandez told reporters.

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Tags: DFA , Foreign affairs , Global Nation , Golan Heights , Philippines , Syria , UN

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