Syria rebels free 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers abducted in Golan Heights

Source: globalpost, by Allison Jackson.

Twenty-one UN peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels for four days have been freed.

The Filipino peacekeepers arrived in Jordan from neighboring Syria on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported,citing a Jordanian government spokesman and the Philippines ambassador in Amman.

Rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad abducted the soldiers in the Golan Heights on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

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