Syria rebels free UN peacekeepers

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Al-Jazeera.com :The Syrian rebel group the Nusra Front has released all Fijian soldiers who worked as UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Al Jazeera has learned.The 45 peacekeepers were expected to cross from Syria into the Israeli side of the disputed territory, Al Jazeera’s Rula Amin, reporting from Beirut, said.She said all the peacekeepers are safe. On Wednesday the group posted a video on its Twitter and YouTube accounts in which the hostages, from the South Pacific nation of Fiji, said they expected to be freed soon.The Fijian peacekeepers were captured at their post in August, about 8km away from the 70 Philippine troops, who were rescued following an attack on their post on the Syrian side of the border.

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