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News and updates about UN peacekeepers

Israel releases UN peacekeepers arrested for drug smuggling

Three Fijian UN peacekeepers released after it emerged the suspicious substance they were carrying was not liquid cocaine.

Israel releases UN peacekeepers arrested for drug smuggling

UN forces say Israel border quiet following clashes with Iran

Day after Iran attacked northern Israel, prompting Israeli bombing of Iranian targets in Syrian, UN peacekeepers say area 'quiet'.

UN forces say Israel border quiet following clashes with Iran

UN peacekeepers return to Syrian side of the Golan

127 UN peacekeepers return to Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights, two years after fleeing clashes with Al-Qaeda-linked rebels.

UN peacekeepers return to Syrian side of the Golan

UN peacekeepers participate in IDF field medicine seminar

UN peacekeepers participate in IDF-led seminar on setting up field hospitals and administering medical aid in a battlefield.

UN peacekeepers participate in IDF field medicine seminar

Gunmen assault UN base in Timbuktu

UN base and Malian army checkpoint come under fire, with bodies seen on the ground near UN facility.

Gunmen assault UN base in Timbuktu

Report Reveals UN Peacekeepers Trade Goods for Sex

New UN oversight report exposes 'transactional sex' exploiting poverty-stricken women and children is common among UN forces.

Report Reveals UN Peacekeepers Trade Goods for Sex

Fiji Retracts Claim UN Hostages About to be Released

Social media posts claiming 45 captive UN troops about to be released denied: 'someone has misinterpreted.'

Fiji Retracts Claim UN Hostages About to be Released

Al Qaeda Rebels to Try UN Peacekeepers Under 'Divine Law'

UK-based monitoring group reveals Al Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front rebels say they will put 45 captive Fiji troops on Islamic trial.

Al Qaeda Rebels to Try UN Peacekeepers Under 'Divine Law'

Reports: Filipino UN Peacekeepers Escape into Israel

Philippine UN peacekeepers in the Golan clashed with Syrian rebels; others from Fiji still being held.

Reports: Filipino UN Peacekeepers Escape into Israel

Talks Ongoing to Free 43 UN Peacekeepers in Golan Heights

Canadian FM blames Assad for spiraling security situation, as rebels capture UN forces, hold others in 'tense' stand-off.

Talks Ongoing to Free 43 UN Peacekeepers in Golan Heights

Video: Why Israel Can't Trust UN for Protection

Think tank's hard hitting video shows why maintaining an IDF presence along the Jordan is so crucial.

Video: Why Israel Can't Trust UN for Protection

Report: Russia Could Suspend Syria S-300 Sale for Golan Role

Russia badly wants its soldiers on the Golan as peacekeepers - and is willing to cancel its missile deal with Syria to do so, a report said

Report: Russia Could Suspend Syria S-300 Sale for Golan Role

Golan Peacekeepers to Get Machine Guns

UNDOF peacekeepers will get machine guns, extra body armor and more armored vehicles.

Golan Peacekeepers to Get Machine Guns

Israel Cannot Depend on UN Forces For Security

PM Netanyahu says Israel can't depend on the UN for security in the Golan. He told Russia Israel won't fire at Syria if Syria does the same.

Israel Cannot Depend on UN Forces For Security

Syrian Rebels Abduct 4 UN Peacekeepers

Rebels on the Syrian side of the Golan abducted four Filipino UN peacekeepers in the same area where 21 peacekeepers were recently held.

Syrian Rebels Abduct 4 UN Peacekeepers

IDF on High Alert in the Golan Heights, Israel-Syria Border

IDF forces are on high alert in the Golan Heights as opposition forces begin to aim at a new target: Israel.

IDF on High Alert in the Golan Heights, Israel-Syria Border

Syrian Rebels Accuse Assad of Deals with Israel

Syrian rebels are claiming clandestine deals between Assad and the Jewish State while kidnapping UN peacekeepers.

Syrian Rebels Accuse Assad of Deals with Israel

UN Security Council Condemns Kidnapping of Peacekeepers

United Nations Security Council condemns the seizure of peacekeepers by Syrian rebels, demands their immediate release.

UN Security Council Condemns Kidnapping of Peacekeepers

French Term Syria Civil War

France Says Syria in Civil War, Bypassing Sovereignty Issue

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius uses the term civil war to defuse sovereignty issue.

France Says Syria in Civil War, Bypassing Sovereignty Issue

Mood: UN Observers Can’t Stop Syria Violence

The head of the UN observer force in Syria says no number of observers can stop the violence rocking the country; calls for talks.

Mood: UN Observers Can’t Stop Syria Violence

SFA Rebels Hiding UN Monitors From Damascus

A group of UN monitors who may have seen a war crime in Syria are being hidden by SFA rebels until they can be safely extracted

SFA Rebels Hiding UN Monitors From Damascus

10 UN Peacekeepers Kidnapped in Sinai

Ten United Nations peacekeepers have been kidnapped by Bedouin Arabs in the Sinai Peninsula. Hours later they were released.

10 UN Peacekeepers Kidnapped in Sinai