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Golan as Syria fighting worsens
Peacekeepers cross into Israel to get away from border-area battles between rebel groups and regime forces in what UN calls ‘deteriorating situation’
BY ADIV STERMAN, TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF AND AFP September 15, 2014, 6:52 pm 55

A convoy of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force vehicles is seen as it leaves the Syrian side of the Golan Heights into Israel on September 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JALAA MAREY)
Adiv Sterman
A UN spokesperson said all the troops posted on the Syrian side had been ordered to pull back into Israel.
The Syrian armed groups posed “a direct threat to the safety and security” of the troops from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
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Golan as Syria fighting worsens
Peacekeepers cross into Israel to get away from border-area battles between rebel groups and regime forces in what UN calls ‘deteriorating situation’
BY ADIV STERMAN, TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF AND AFP September 15, 2014, 6:52 pm 55

A convoy of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force vehicles is seen as it leaves the Syrian side of the Golan Heights into Israel on September 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JALAA MAREY)
Adiv Sterman
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UN peacekeepers withdrew from all of their posts in the Syrian Golan Heights Monday, as regime forces and rebel factions battled for control of the areas adjacent to the Syrian-Israeli border in what the UN called a “deteriorating situation.”
A UN spokesperson said all the troops posted on the Syrian side had been ordered to pull back into Israel.
The Syrian armed groups posed “a direct threat to the safety and security” of the troops from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
Read more: UN evacuates all troops from Golan as Syria fighting worsens | The Times of Israel UN evacuates all troops from Golan as Syria fighting worsens The Times of Israel
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