UN confirms 43 UN peacekeepers seized in Syrian Golan

The United Nations confirmed that an armed group captured 43 UN peacekeepers on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights today, saying it was doing everything to secure their release.
"Forty-three peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) were detained early this morning by an armed group in the vicinity of Al Qunaytirah," it said in a statement.