Topic: Breaking News : Filipino Peacekeepers in a firefight with the Syrian Rebels

[A7x]

August 30, 2014-Saturday afternoon involving UN Position 68 Golan Heights
 
Philippine military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala confirms a firefight between Filipino peacekeepers and Syrian rebels in Golan Heights

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[kenji321]

Filipino troops acting as United Nations peacekeepers in Golan Heights managed to escape unscathed from a seven-hour firefight with Syrian rebels, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Sunday.

The AFP said the Filipino troops took advantage of the rebels taking a rest to make their escape, radio dzBB's Rodil Vega reported.

"You could call it the greatest escape. Although they were surrounded and outnumbered, they held their ground for seven hours," AFP chief of staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said in a press conference Sunday morning, parts of which were aired on dzBB.

He said the Filipinos escaped "in the middle of the night while they (Syrian rebels) were sleeping."

After the firefight, the Filipino peacekeepers have been repositioned, dzBB's Rowena Salvacion tweeted.
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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/377130/pinoyabroad/news/greatest-escape-pinoy-peacekeepers-rescued-after-7-hr-clash-with-syrian-rebs

Angas. Thank God they're safe now.

[gotenks]

They were ordered to abandon the outpost and reposition to another better one,they're not there to fight the rebels or the Syrians. But they sure not gonna surrender their arms without a fight.