Four U.N. observers detained in Golan Heights

UNITED NATIONS Several U.N. military observers were briefly taken hostage by an unknown armed group in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights just three days after Syrian rebels released four U.N. peacekeepers, a U.N. official said on Thursday.Early on ...

Three unarmed military observers based at a UN observation post in the Golan Heights have been held by a group of armed men. The 3 observers are based at an observation post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. They were abducted for 5 hours on ...

MANILA: Syrian rebels Sunday freed four Filipino peacekeepers five days after seizing them at an observation post in the Golan Heights, the Philippine military's chief spokesman said. They have been released. They are now in the custody of the ...

A militant Palestinian group in Damascus said it is forming combat units to try to recapture Israeli-occupied territory, in particular the Golan Heights, after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah that they would support such operations.

Forty-two Syrian soldiers were killed and at least 100 people are missing after airstrikes on military sites outside Damascus on Sunday, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday, citing medical sources. Syria claimed Israel ...

As pressures mount in Washington for a more aggressive American involvement on behalf of at least some rebel groups in Syria, President Obama has seemed intent on proving the Nobel committee was farsighted in awarding him its peace prize four years ...

What is this Arctic Council meeting all about-It marks the eighth time that the Arctic Council an intergovernmental organisation made up of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US has met. The Council brokers ...

Chad has Africa's largest contingent of troops in Mali. It is fighting alongside French forces to flush out Islamist groups. But at home, the government is cracking down on opposition activists and journalists. Chadian President Idriss Deby suddenly ...

Ex-military ruler convicted of orchestrating massacres of indigenous Ixil people during 1960 to 1996 civil war. Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity by a panel of three judges [AFP] Rios Montt was convicted of genocide ...