Scenes at Golan Heights after Syrian rebels seize 4 UN peacekeepers
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(8 May 2013) 1. Tracking
(8 May 2013)
1. Tracking shot of Israeli military vehicle on road near United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) camp
2. Wide of UNDOF camp gate
3. Various of Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
4. Wide of UN watchtower
5. Close up on UNDOF sign reading (English) "UNDOF Mission (since 1974) In Service of Peace"
6. Mid of UNDOF camp gate
7. Wide of vehicle driving past UNDOF camp gate
STORYLINE:
Rebels in Syria detained four UN peacekeepers on Tuesday near the frontier with the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, raising tensions just two days after the most recent Israeli air strike.
The abduction was the second such incident in the area in two months.
It exposed the vulnerability of the UN peacekeeping mission during the Syrian civil war and sent a worrisome signal to Syria's neighbours, including Israel, about the ensuing lawlessness along their shared frontiers.
Rebels with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigades are holding the peacekeepers, a spokesman said in a phone interview.
The Yarmouk Brigades were behind the abduction in March of 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers released unharmed after four days of negotiations.
The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity because he was outside of Syria serving as a mediator on peaceful matters concerning the group.
In New York, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping department confirmed the abduction and said the four peacekeepers, all from the Philippines, were taken on Tuesday by an unidentified armed group near the town of Jamla in southern Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the detention of the peacekeepers and called for their immediate release.
In a statement posted on the Yarmouk Brigades' Facebook page, the group said the peacekeepers were not hostages, but were being held for their own safety.
The statement did not specify where the peacekeepers were being held, nor did it specify conditions for their release.
The rebel unit said it suspects the UN peacekeepers are shielding Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops, who the rebels said killed civilians during an army sweep of Wadi Raqat in the south.
The UN monitoring mission was set up in 1974, seven years after Israel captured the Golan Heights and a year after it managed to push back Syrian troops trying to recapture its territory in another regional war.
For nearly four decades, the UN monitors have helped enforce a stable truce between Israel and Syria.
But in recent months, Syrian mortar shells overshooting their target have repeatedly hit the Israeli-controlled Golan.
After the 21 peacekeepers were taken in March, the UN vacated two vulnerable posts in the separation zone and took other measures to beef up security for peacekeepers.
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1. Tracking shot of Israeli military vehicle on road near United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) camp
2. Wide of UNDOF camp gate
3. Various of Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
4. Wide of UN watchtower
5. Close up on UNDOF sign reading (English) "UNDOF Mission (since 1974) In Service of Peace"
6. Mid of UNDOF camp gate
7. Wide of vehicle driving past UNDOF camp gate
STORYLINE:
Rebels in Syria detained four UN peacekeepers on Tuesday near the frontier with the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, raising tensions just two days after the most recent Israeli air strike.
The abduction was the second such incident in the area in two months.
It exposed the vulnerability of the UN peacekeeping mission during the Syrian civil war and sent a worrisome signal to Syria's neighbours, including Israel, about the ensuing lawlessness along their shared frontiers.
Rebels with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigades are holding the peacekeepers, a spokesman said in a phone interview.
The Yarmouk Brigades were behind the abduction in March of 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers released unharmed after four days of negotiations.
The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity because he was outside of Syria serving as a mediator on peaceful matters concerning the group.
In New York, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping department confirmed the abduction and said the four peacekeepers, all from the Philippines, were taken on Tuesday by an unidentified armed group near the town of Jamla in southern Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the detention of the peacekeepers and called for their immediate release.
In a statement posted on the Yarmouk Brigades' Facebook page, the group said the peacekeepers were not hostages, but were being held for their own safety.
The statement did not specify where the peacekeepers were being held, nor did it specify conditions for their release.
The rebel unit said it suspects the UN peacekeepers are shielding Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops, who the rebels said killed civilians during an army sweep of Wadi Raqat in the south.
The UN monitoring mission was set up in 1974, seven years after Israel captured the Golan Heights and a year after it managed to push back Syrian troops trying to recapture its territory in another regional war.
For nearly four decades, the UN monitors have helped enforce a stable truce between Israel and Syria.
But in recent months, Syrian mortar shells overshooting their target have repeatedly hit the Israeli-controlled Golan.
After the 21 peacekeepers were taken in March, the UN vacated two vulnerable posts in the separation zone and took other measures to beef up security for peacekeepers.
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