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Austria wants EU arms embargo to Syria extended

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The European Union's arms embargo to Syria should be extended while a political solution is sought in its civil war and to maintain the safety of UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Austria's foreign minister said Friday.

 

Austria's 377 soldiers make up the largest contingent of the approximately 900 UN peacekeepers posted to the Golan Heights separating Syria and Israel. (AP)

 

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