UN cuts Golan patrols as Syria war dangers mount
The UN has halted peacekeeping patrols in the Golan Heights amid fears of kidnapping and that fallout from the Syrian war could cause more countries to withdraw from its force, diplomats said Wednesday.
The abduction last week of 21 Philippine members of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which has monitored a ceasefire zone between Syria and Israel since 1974, has heightened security fears. Canada, Japan and Croatia have withdrawn their forces in recent months leaving only the Philippines, Austria and India in UNDOF. (AFP)
