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Four peacekeepers serving on the Syrian Golan Heights have been abducted, the UN says. Four Filipino UN peacekeepers have been abducted by armed men while patrolling in the demilitarised area between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Reuters news agency said Syrian rebel group the Martyrs of Yarmouk issued a statement saying it was holding them. UN spokesmen said efforts were "under way to secure their release now".
The statement said the group was being held for its own safety because of clashes in the separation zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied heights. A Syrian rebel group, the Martyrs of Yarmouk, published a photo purportedly showing the four men and said they were being held for their own safety.
In March the same group detained 20 UN observers in the same area, before releasing them three days later. It said there had been clashes and heavy shelling in the Yarmouk Valley, in the south of the separation zone.
The heavy presence of Syrian government forces posed a danger to the peacekeepers, as well as "criminal elements" in the area, it added.
In March, the Martyrs of Yarmouk detained 21 UN observers from the Philippines, before releasing them three days later.