Aid agencies struggling with Syria's humanitarian crisis
Aid agencies in Damascus tell ITV News International Editor Bill Neely that they are struggling to cope with the growing humanitarian crisis
International anger grows over Israeli settlement plans
Britain today summoned the Israeli ambassador amid deepening international anger at fresh Israeli settlement expansion plans.
Foreign Secretary 'furious' at Israeli settlement plans
The Foreign Office does not deny reports that that Britain and France are considering withdrawing their ambassadors from Israel.
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UN: Peacekeeper release delayed due to darkness
The UN says arrangements for the release of 21 peacekeepers being held by Syrian rebels were made but were called off because the conditions deemed unsafe due to the "late hour and darkness".
Efforts to secure their release will continue tomorrow, according to Reuters.
Report: Detained UN peacekeepers will be released
Syria's main opposition leader has said the 21 UN peacekeepers who were detained by armed fighters on the Syrian-Israeli border are safe and will be released, US news anchor Christiane Amanpour reports.
She tweeted that the head of Syria's main opposition bloc Moaz al-Khatib has said the peacekeepers were not kidnapped.
BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: #Syria’s Opposition President tells me U.N. Peacekeepers safe and sound and will be released...
From @camanpour on Twitter:... Moaz al-Khatib says U.N. Peacekeepers were not kidnapped, but according to him were removed from the battlefield for their own safety.
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UN chief asks N Korea to refrain from 'bellicose rhetoric'
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the adoption of more stringent sanctions against North Korea by the Security Council.
A spokesman for the Secretary General said: "Acting unanimously and agreeing on effective and credible measures, the Security Council has sent an unequivocal message to the DPRK that the international community will not tolerate its pursuit of nuclear weapons and related acts."
He also said Mr Ban remains "deeply concerned" about tensions in the region and called on North Korea to "refrain from any further destabilizing steps or bellicose rhetoric"
Human Rights Watch investigating rebel group
Human Rights Watch said it was investigating the same rebel group that claims it has captured UN peacekeepers for executing captured Syrian soldiers earlier this week.
Peter Bouckaert of the human rights monitoring group said it was investigating the involvement of the "Martyrs of Yarmouk" brigade in a video showing the execution of detained Syrian soldiers posted on the Internet yesterday.
Security Council demands release of UN peacekeepers
The UN Security Council has condemned the seizure of about 20 peacekeepers by armed fighters in the Golan Heights area and demanded their release.
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin, this month's president of the 15-nation council, told reporters:
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the detention of a group of more than 20 peacekeepers ... by armed elements of the Syrian opposition.
Syrian village near Golan Heights has seen 'violent clashes'
A London-based violence monitoring group reports that Syrian forces and rebels have been struggling for control of the Syrian village of Jamla, close to where the UN peacekeepers were detained.
A statement on the group's website said:
– syrian observatory for human rightsThe Syrian Observatory received a footage reporting that rebel fighters will not released [release the UN personnel] until regular forces withdraw from the area.
The Jamla village and its surrounding areas have witnessed violent clashes in the past couple of days.
Rebel fighters from several factions took hold of the Mortar division and several checkpoints in Jamla.
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Report: Fighters accuse UN of helping Assad troops
The "Martyrs of Yarmouk" brigade accuses the United Nations of helping troops loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, according to a reporter for Radio Sawa.
#BREAKING: Al-Yarmouk brigades says 11 fighters were killed by UN move to support #Assad troops near Golan Heights - Spokesman #Syria
From @zaidbenjamin on Twitter:#BREAKING: Al-Yarmouk Brigades accused the UN observers of "helping government forces to redeploy in areas that was under rebels' control"
From @zaidbenjamin on Twitter:Golan Heights regularly patrolled by UN peacekeepers
The Golan Heights area, where some 20 UN personnel have reportedly been detained, is regularly patrolled by UN peacekeepers.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and the two countries are still technically at war.
Syrian troops are not allowed in the area of separation under a 1973 ceasefire formalised in 1974.
AP: UN peacekeepers detained by 30 armed fighters
The United Nations has said that about 20 of its peacekeepers have been detained by 30 armed men, the Associated Press reports.
UN sending a team to resolve 'hostage' situation
The United Nations has announced it is sending a team to help with the release of around 20 peacekeepers detained in the Golan Heights.
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