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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 527

Herve Ladsous

Undated image, attached in a statement released on August 30, 2014, on the Hanin Network website, a militant website, shows Fijian UN peacekeepers who were seized by the Nusra Front on August 28, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Hanin Network Website, File)
September 5, 2014, 9:20 am
Al-Nusra Front threatens to try UN Fijian peacekeepers
Al-Qaeda affiliate says troops captured on Syrian Golan Heights will face trial according to Sharia law unless demands are met
By Lazar Berman
Japanese UNDOF troops, withdrawn from the Golan Heights in January 2013, during happier times (Photo credit: Haim Azulay/ Flash 90)
July 14, 2013, 11:26 am
Manila sets UN conditions for Golan force to stay
342 Filipino peacekeepers scheduled to rotate out on August 11
Smoke rises from a fire that resulted from fighting in the Syrian village of Quneitra, near the border with Israel, on June 6, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
June 9, 2013, 9:25 am
Israel threatened to attack Syrian tanks at border
When Assad moved armor into the Golan on Thursday, Israel warned it would ‘take action,’ UN document reveals
By Gavriel Fiske
Smoke rises from a fire that resulted from fighting in the Syrian village of Quneitra, near the border with Israel, on June 6, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
From the WebJune 9, 2013, 2:16 am
UN: Israel threatened to attack Syrian tanks on border
Ynet News: Peacekeeping chief says last week’s Quneitra standoff was the closest the two countries came to direct conflict in 40 years
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)
May 17, 2013, 5:50 am
UN: 3 peacekeepers abducted between Israel-Syria
Rebels hold unarmed soldiers for five hours before letting them go free; incident marks third kidnapping since March
By Edith M. Lederer
A UNIFIL patrol near the Israeli-Lebanese border. (Hamad Almakt/Flash90)
May 15, 2013, 9:03 pm
UNIFIL base overrun, 3 soldiers briefly kidnapped
Ammunition and equipment stolen from Lebanese facility; international peacekeeping troops released later in the day
By Yifa Yaakov and Gavriel Fiske
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 27, 2013, 10:20 pm
UN Security Council: Syria, rebels must ensure UN safety in Golan
Peacekeeping chief says risk to troops forces UN to adopt a ‘much more static’ role
A UN peacekeeper from India waves while driving a UN 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, Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 9, 2013, 4:20 pm
Freed UN peacekeepers cross from Syria to Jordan
After four days being held by Syrian rebels in village near Israeli border, all 21 Filipino captives reach safety
A Syrian rebel spokesman announces the capture of 21 Filipino peacekeepers on the Golan Heights, Wednesday, March 7, 2013 (photo credit: YouTube)
March 9, 2013, 10:37 am
After failed rescue mission, rebels escort peacekeepers to Jordanian border
UN rescue team makes way to village where hostages are held, but stops en route as fighting between insurgents and government forces starts up again
By Karin Laub
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 30, 2012, 10:38 pm
Ban Ki-moon calls out Syria, warns against chemical weapons
UN leader says sectarian civil war would gravely imperil Syrian neighbors Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel
By Peter James Spielmann
A damaged Syrian military tank is seen in the border town of Azaz, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Turkpix)
July 25, 2012, 8:09 pm
Syria rolls tanks into Aleppo in bid to quash five-day battle for city
Turkey closes border with its former ally; more high-level army defections reported; over 100 killed in Wednesday clashes
By AP and ToI Staff
Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the UN observer mission in Syria, speaks to reporters after briefing the Security Council Tuesday on the situation in Syria. (photo credit: Mary Altaffer/AP)
June 26, 2012, 9:16 pm
UN peacekeeping chief: Syria too dangerous, mission won’t resume
Mission head tells Security Council observers came under direct fire at least 10 times
The scene of a car bomb attack in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, June 13 (photo credit: AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
June 14, 2012, 12:21 pm
Iraq violence overshadows Syria
Russian businessmen reportedly shunned in Saudi Arabia, and political Islam may engulf the Gulf next year
By Elhanan Miller
A Syrian revolutionary flag waves on top of a building on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday (photo credit:AP)
June 13, 2012, 7:42 pm
Syria claims it has retaken rebellious village after 8 days of violent fighting
Russian FM denies sending attack helicopters to Syria during his visit to Iran
By Diaa Hadid
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia/World Economic Forum/File)
June 13, 2012, 1:33 am
NATO chief: Military intervention in Syria ‘not the right path’
UN peacekeeping head: Syria now in civil war
By AP and ToI Staff
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