UN observers in Syria have suspended their work because of escalating violence in the country, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for the country is disintegrating. full story ![]()
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian rebels abducted around 20 U.N. observers from the Golan Heights on Wednesday and threatened to hold them until the Syrian government withdraws its troops from the area, marking the most serious escalation of the conflict yet along Syria’s southern border with Israel. Read full article >>
washingtonpost.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey says the UN observers were on a regular supply mission Wednesday when they were stopped near an observation post.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 17 days ago)
The United Nations has extended the mission of the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria through the end of the year.
foxnews.com (2 months and 30 days ago)

The kidnapping and continued violence in southern Syria raises questions about the future of the U.N. peacekeeper mission along the Syria-Israel border in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.BEIRUT — Twenty-one United Nations peacekeepers held by rebels in southern Syrian were released Saturday and were safe in neighboring Jordan after a three-day ordeal that dramatized anew...
latimes.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
A group of Syrian rebels has captured 20 UN observers on the Israeli-Syrian border Tuesday protesting violence in the nearby village of Al Jamlah.
palmbeachpost.com (2 months and 16 days ago)
The United Nations and the Arab League have extended the mission of their joint envoy to Syria through the end of the year.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 30 days ago)
Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:06:36 GMTBy LIZ SLY and COLUM LYNCH The Washington PostSyrian rebels abducted about 20 U.N. observers from the Golan Heights yesterday and threatened to hold them until the Syrian government withdraws its troops from the area, marking the most serious escalation of the conflict yet along Syria’s southern bord...
concordmonitor.com (2 months and 16 days ago)

Early Sunday morning, Israeli air strikes hit military targets in Syria. It was the second air strike in just days by Israel, and the third this year. Syria says it considers the strike on a military facility near Damascus...
cleveland.com (15 days ago)
Lauren Wolfe of the Women Under Seige Project discusses her report on sexual violence in Syria.
cnn.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
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