Philippines recommends peacekeepers stay in Golan
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The Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday that he has reversed an earlier recommendation and now wants Filipino peacekeepers to stay in the volatile Golan Heights for at least six months now that the United Nations has promised to bolster their safety.
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario asked President Benigno Aquino III in May to withdraw the some 340 Filipino peacekeepers from Golan due to escalating hostilities between Syrian rebels and government troops in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that separates Syria from the Israeli-occupied plateau.(AP)
