UN Captives in Syria

A dozen of Fijian soldiers serves as UN peacekeepers who was seized by the Islamist fighter on the Golan Heights, as they are demanding that their group will be removed from the list of global terrorism and that compensation shall be paid for members that has been in the fight. The two Filipino units that serves in the U.N is surrounded by the rebels and the two Filipino units monitors the buffer zone between Syria and Israel, but the Filipino soldiers escaped over the weekend.

The 45 Fijian peacekeeper hostages that holds by the Syrian rebels have been issued with a demands for their release, and that includes the extremist group's removal from U.N. terrorist list and the compensation for the killing of three over its fighter in a shootout with the international soldiers. The negotiations have been move up to another level professional negotiators, Thursday morning the Nusra Front abducted the Fijian troops and holding them at the unknown location. Fiji's community and the church leaders asked by the commander to help look after the families of the captive soldier and asked the public to offer support.

In Manila, Philippines, Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang stated that the 40 Filipino peacekeepers who escaped did not accept the rebel demand that they should give up their firearms and surrender because the troops will be put into a grave of danger. Catapang said that the rebel demands for Fijian's release to show their true nature. He also stated that Philippines don't negotiate with the terrorist, Catapang said, "We have crew served weapons and machine guns so if we give our weapons, this may help create an international problems.

A hearty fighting erupted on Monday between Islamist rebels and Syrian army near where 45 Fijian peacekeepers has been captured and scores of their companion blue helmets from the Philippines escaped after enduring capture. The number of Fijian troops that captures had previously been put at 44. The frontier reached by the Syria's three year civil war with the Israeli-controlled area or territory last week, when the Islamist fighters over ran the crossing point in the line that separated Syrians in the Golan Heights from Israelis since 1973 war. The group was demanding for the repayment for the three fighters that was killed in the confrontation with the UN peacekeepers, and the humanitarian assistance to the people of Ruta, a group of Damascus outskirts which is a stronghold and the dismissal of the organization from the UN list of banned extremist organization. The Nusra Front's aiming that "to be able to end for once and for all the regime's presence in the territory and it also appears that the goal is to eject the international observant".

The Fijian army chief said "We have been assured by the UN headquarters that the UN  brings all its scheme to bear ensure the safe of our soldiers in return".