The al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front says it reached a deal to secure the release of a group of UN peacekeepers held captive in the Syira side of the Golan Heights, Al Jazeera reported Sunday. ... According to the report, the group conditioned the release of the remaining 45 peacekeeping forces from Fiji on the transferring of humanitarian aid to the Ruta area of the embattled Syrian capital Damascus. ... The SITE Intelligence Group reported that the Nusra Front had posted a statement on its Twitter account Saturday taking responsibility for detaining the Fijian peacekeepers. The Nusra Front stated that the Fijian detainees are in a safe place, and they are in good health, and that we have given them what they need of food and treatment. ... SITE added that the Nusra Front claimed the Fijians were seized in retaliation for the UNs ignoring the daily shedding of the Muslims blood in Syria and even colluding with Syrian President Bashar Assads army to facilitate its movement to strike the vulnerable Muslims through a buffer zone in the Golan Heights. The SITE report could not be independently confirmed.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:54:17 +0000
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