INQUIRER.net: AFP confirms scheduled release of Filipino peacekeepers

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

AFP confirms scheduled release of Filipino peacekeepers Mar 8th 2013, 06:42 MANILA, Philippines—The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed Friday a CNN report saying the 21 UN Filipino peacekeepers were set to be freed by the Syrian rebels on Friday.   Armed Forces spokesman Colonel Arnulfo Burgos confirmed the television report when interviewed by Radio Inquirer 990AM.   The soldiers, part of a 333-strong Filipino peacekeeping unit, were detained at a rebel observation point on Wednesday by gunmen who said the troops would be held until Syrian regime forces pulled back from a Golan village.   "If ever they will be released within the day, they will be turned over to the International Committee of the Red Cross," Burgos ... Keep on reading: AFP confirms scheduled release of Filipino peacekeepers Media files: afp-logo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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