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                    [Title] => Former Lebanese PM calls on Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on the militant Hezbollah group on yesterday to withdraw from Syria, saying their involvement in the civil war next door has backfired into Lebanon.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-15 05:14:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163274 [AuthorName] => Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375621 [Title] => Philippines won't send troops to unclear mission [Summary] =>

The Philippine president said yesterday his government would no longer deploy peacekeepers in "impossible" missions like the Golan Heights, where Filipino forces were attacked by Syrian insurgents.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-02 02:47:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390313 [AuthorName] => Jim Gomez [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371894 [Title] => Hopes dim for return of Philippine troops to Golan [Summary] =>

President Benigno Aquino III said he's been told security threats on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights are not expected to ease soon, dimming hopes that U.N. peacekeepers can be deployed back to the region in the near future.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 08:15:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140922/filipino-peacekeepers-golan-heights.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371105 [Title] => Phl withdraws UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights [Summary] =>

The Philippine government has withdrawn Filipino peacekeepers from Golan Heights even before their tour of duty ends in October due to the deteriorating security situation in the area, a military official said today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-19 22:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1368237 [Title] => UN: 45 Fijian peacekeepers freed in Syria [Summary] =>

Al-Qaida-linked Syrian militants on Thursday released all 45 Fijian peacekeepers they had held captive for two weeks, the United Nations said, bringing an end to a crisis that ensnared the U.N. monitoring force in the chaos of Syria's civil war.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-12 02:07:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1729372 [AuthorName] => Ryan Lucas and Edith M. Lederer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1365861 [Title] => Escape [Summary] =>

When a unit of Filipino peacekeepers at the Golan Heights abandoned their besieged camp last week, slipping out under the cover of darkness, the AFP Chief of Staff was quick to define the spin on the event. He called it the “greatest escape.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1365715 [Title] => Israelis worry with Syrian al-Qaida on doorstep [Summary] =>

For the first time in the Syrian civil war, al-Qaida fighters are hunkered down on Israel's doorstep, and Israelis in the lush, hilly Golan Heights who have long considered Syrian President Bashar Assad their bitter foe are now worried about something more ominous — that they could become the militants' next target.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-05 08:14:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1243240 [AuthorName] => Daniel Estrin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1365319 [Title] => UN denies Flipinos in Golan ordered to surrender arms [Summary] =>

The United Nations (UN) backed its peacekeeping commander amid accusations that he gave an ill-conceived order to Filipino peacekeepers trapped in Golan Heights to surrender their arms to Syrian rebels.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-04 12:21:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140904/Irish-Defense-Forces-Iqbal-Singha.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364955 [Title] => Possible 'massacre' prompted Filipino troops' Golan escape [Summary] =>

The Filipino peacekeepers were low on ammunition and expecting another attack by Syrian rebels by dawn. This was when they decided a narrow escape from their position at Golan Heights.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-03 11:13:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140903/UN-Quneitra-Golan-Heights.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364326 [Title] => Hero’s welcome sa Pinoy troops [Summary] =>

Sasalubungin ng hero’s welcome ang 75 Pinoy UN peacekee­pers sa kanilang pagba­balik-bansa  matapos ang duty sa Golan  Heights.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097155 [AuthorName] => Joy Cantos [SectionName] => Police Metro [SectionUrl] => police-metro [URL] => ) ) )
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