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President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III in Manila, Philippines, November 18, 2015, (AP/Susan Walsh)
November 18, 2015, 8:23 am
Obama: GOP incitement on Syria refugees ‘needs to stop’
US president says ‘overblown’ Republican rhetoric can be a ‘recruitment tool’ for Islamic State group
By AP
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Jewish cemetery in Sarre-Union, eastern France, on February 17, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Patrick Hertzog)
February 22, 2015, 12:19 pm
Philippine, French leaders to discuss international terrorism
Spokesperson to President Aquino says Hollande to exchange views on global issues, but doesn’t specify how they’d cooperate
By AFP
Members of UNDOF, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, use binoculars to watch Syrian positions from the Israeli Golan Heights on August 31, 2014. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
September 21, 2014, 8:36 pm
Hopes dim for return of Philippine troops to Golan
UN peacekeepers left buffer zone between Syria, Israel after hostilities between rebels and regime forces near border
By AP
Filipino Muslims shout slogans during a rally near the Presidential Palace in support of the Bangsamoro Basic Law draft that was formally submitted by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to both houses of Congress Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. (photo credit: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
September 10, 2014, 4:08 pm
Manila to propose Muslim autonomous zone
Draft law goes far beyond current arrangement in the war-ravaged southern Philippines island of Mindanao
By Jim Gomez
Armored vehicles of UN peacekeepers of UNDOF, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, wait to cross from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights to Syria, on Thursday, August 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
August 29, 2014, 10:07 am
Fiji says 44 Golan peacekeeping soldiers still captive
Armed group is holding Syrian-based UN forces unharmed, while another 75 Philippine nationals remain in standoff with rebels
By AP
A young Filipino takes a shower at a school turned into a temporary shelter for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban, Philippines, Monday, November 18, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Dita Alangkara)
November 18, 2013, 9:48 am
Aid flowing into Philippines typhoon zone
Storm killed or left missing more than 5,000 people and left 4 million displaced
By AP
A UN peacekeeper checks a armored vehicle as it leaves from the UNDOF Ziouani camp to cross to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights,on Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
June 19, 2013, 3:01 pm
UN, US ask Philippines not to leave Golan Heights
Manila says security for peacekeepers must be increased if Filipino troops are to stay in the Israel-Syria buffer zone
Illustrative: A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between the Syrian and Israeli sides of the Golan Heights, on Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
June 11, 2013, 2:30 pm
Philippines wants protection for troops in Golan
Manila weighs withdrawal of its 342 UN peacekeepers due to security threat from Syrian civil war
A photo of Filipino UN peacekeepers kidnapped from their Golan outpost by the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade in May 2013 (photo credit: Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade/Facebook)
May 10, 2013, 9:02 am
Philippines mulls pullout of Golan peacekeepers
Manila believes the risk to its 342 UN troops is beyond tolerable limits, says foreign secretary
Illustrative: A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between the Syrian and Israeli sides of the Golan Heights, on Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 10, 2013, 3:12 pm
Freed Filipino peacekeepers to return to Golan
Blue hats welcomed back from captivity with traditional Filipino feast in Jordan, amid Israeli fears of mass exodus among UN personnel
By AP and ToI Staff
A Syrian rebel spokesman announces the capture of 21 Filipino peacekeepers on the Golan Heights, Wednesday, March 7, 2013 (photo credit: YouTube)
March 7, 2013, 10:45 am
Rebel-held Filipino peacekeepers treated as ‘guests’
Talks under way to release 21 UN employees abducted by Syrian opposition forces on the Golan Heights, Philippine official says
By ToI Staff and AP
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