Syrian Rebels Are Holding UN Observers Hostage In The Golan Heights
Reuters reports the UN has confirmed that about 20 peacekeepers had been detained by around 30 armed fighters.
The Islamist "Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade" posted two videos in which one rebel demands the "withdrawal of forces of the regime of Bashar Assad from the outskirts of the village of Jamlah," which lies a mile east of the ceasefire line with the Israeli Golan. "If no withdrawal is made within 24 hours we will treat them as prisoners."
At least five unarmed UN observers can be seen sitting inside the trucks.
On Monday Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, president of the UN security council for March, said that armed groups operating in a so-called area of separation were threatening the security situation between the two countries.
The Times of Israel reports that rebels uploaded videos showing them studying Isreal
Israel warned the council that it could not be expected to "stand idle" as
Miller notes that on Tuesday the same group published a video showing them executing a group of prisoners of war.
Here's one of the videos (here's the other):
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