United Nations, SANA \u2013 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday strongly condemned the attack on the Filipino troops and the continued detention of their Fijian colleagues from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan, holding “non-state armed factors,” including from Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization, responsible for these acts.<\/p>\n
Filipino UN personnel clashed Saturday with gunmen from terrorist groups in the Golan, A few days earlier, members of terrorist organizations kidnapped 43 Fijian UN troops operating within the UNDOF.<\/p>\n
The AFP reported that Ban demanded in a statement released by his spokesman the “immediate and unconditional release” of the UN peacekeepers and urged all parties for full cooperation with the UNDOF to that effect.<\/p>\n
In the same context, the UN Security Council issued a statement that was unanimously endorsed by its 15 member states condemning the attacks on the UNDOF personnel.<\/p>\n
“The members demanded the immediate and unconditional release of these peacekeepers, as well as their safe passage,” said the statement.<\/p>\n
The Council also called upon the countries which yield an influence on the kidnappers to pressure them to release the Fijian personnel.<\/p>\n
The AFP quoted Filipino Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala as saying all of the 75 UN Philippine personnel are safe, after a group of them came under attack by armed terrorist groups.<\/p>\n
He added that 40 Filipino troops confronted gunmen in exchange of gunfire that lasted for seven hours, indicating that the troops finally managed to reach a UN position that is two kilometers away.<\/p>\n
The Filipino government announced on Saturday that its UN personnel clashed with elements from armed terrorist organizations in the Golan.<\/p>\n
Peacekeepers serving with UNDOF monitor the 1974 disengagement accord between Syria and Israel after their 1973 war. As of July 31, there are 1,223 peacekeepers from six countries – Fiji, India, Ireland, Nepal, Netherlands, and the Philippines – serving in the force.<\/p>\n
Ruaa. al-Jazaeri\/Haifa Said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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