UN peacekeepers return to Syrian side of Golan

[WorldNews]

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A first group of 127 UN peacekeepers returned Monday to a camp on the Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights, two years after withdrawing amid clashes with Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels. UN spokesman Farhan Haq said more troops from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) would return to camp Faouar this week and that both governments in Israel and Syria supported the move. The UNDOF monitors a 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights.

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