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- UN asks Austria to delay pullout from Golan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping department asked Austria Thursday to delay its full troop withdrawal from the Golan Heights until at least the end of July to keep key positions manned and ensure a smooth transition with incoming troops.
June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News - UN scrambles to salvage Golan Heights force
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations is working urgently to save its depleted and embattled peacekeeping force at the Golan Heights. The UN has been examining the prospect of replacing several of the contingents that withdrew from the UN Disengagement Observers Force in 2013. Over the last six months, Austria, Canada, Croatia and [...]
June 13, 2013 - World Tribune - U.N. says Israel-Syria ceasefire jeopardized by Golan violence
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A spillover of violence from Syria's civil war into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is jeopardizing a decades old ceasefire between Israel and Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. Ban recommended to the 15-member council that self defense capabilities of a U.N. peacekeeping mission ...
June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News