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Syrian rebels release UN peacekeepers: four Filipinos transferred to Israel, reports

Published May 12th, 2013 - 08:11 GMT
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on May 08, 2013 reportedly shows a man reading a statement at an undisclosed location in Syria, behind four abducted Filipino UN peacekeepers. (AFP/ YouTube)
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on May 08, 2013 reportedly shows a man reading a statement at an undisclosed location in Syria, behind four abducted Filipino UN peacekeepers. (AFP/ YouTube)
Syrian rebels have released four Filipino UN peacekeepers who they had captured in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week, according to reports on al Jazeera English.
 
The channel reported that the four men had been transferred to Israel.

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