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Austria Withdraws Peacekeepers from Golan Heights as Syria Fighting Spreads

HeadlineJun 07, 2013

Fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces has approached the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Austria has announced it is withdrawing nearly 400 U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights after Syrian rebels briefly overran a crossing point near the border with Israel.

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