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Video footage posted on the Internet March 7 shows some of a group of 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels the previous day, with one of them saying they were safe and being cared for. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights posted the video which shows 6 uniformed members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), and an officer who identifies himself as a member of the Filipino battalion of the UN. The men had been patrolling the sensitive Golan armistice line with Israel on March 6 when they were seized. The Philippine government said negotiations are underway to secure their safe release.
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