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Kidnapped UN peacekeepers in Syria released

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A group of 45 UN peacekeepers kidnapped two weeks ago in the Golan were released Thursday and are in good condition, a UN spokesman said.

"Today at 1430 local time, the 45 Fijian peacekeepers who had been detained were handed to UNDOF at Position 80," the spokesman said.

The 45 Fijians were serving in the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which is monitoring a 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights.

A group of 45 UN peacekeepers kidnapped two weeks ago in the Golan were released Thursday and are in good condition, a UN spokesman said.

“Today at 1430 local time, the 45 Fijian peacekeepers who had been detained were handed to UNDOF at Position 80,” the spokesman said.

The 45 Fijians were serving in the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which is monitoring a 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights.

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