Reports indicate that the Islamic State group has killed more than 150 troops captured in recent fighting from a number of military bases in northeastern Syria – some have been shot dead, others knifed to death in the latest spate of mass killing attributed to the extremists.
Meanwhile, in southern Syria, gunmen detained 43 UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) peacekeepers during fighting on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights – this is as per reports from the United Nations said. Moreover, another 81 peacekeepers were trapped in the area by the heavy clashes between rebels and Syrian troops.
The office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon did not identify the armed group that is holding the peacekeepers but it is a known fact that a number of rebel groups operate in the Golan, while the Islamic State group has no known presence there.
The UN said another 81 peacekeepers are "currently being restricted to their positions" in the vicinity of Ruwaihaniyeh and Burayqa.
The government of Syria has denounced the "kidnapping" of the UN peacekeepers and, in a statement released by the Syrian Foreign Ministry, the government said it holds "the terrorist groups and those who support them fully responsible for the safety of the UN peacekeepers, and calls for their immediate release."
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