With the fate of 44 captured UN troops from Fiji still up in the air, a major battle has erupted in the region of the Golan Heights where they are being held, as Syria’s military attempts to retake territory lost to al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra.
Nusra took the region, along the frontier with Israel, last week, and captured the Fijian troops shortly thereafter, accusing them of “protecting Israel.” Other UN troops were attacked over the weekend, but managed to escape.
Qatar is said to be taking the lead in trying to secure the release of the Fijian troops, while the Nusra fighters are requesting humanitarian aid to be delivered to one of its territories near Damascus.
In addition, Nusra wants to be taken off the UN’s list of terrorist organizations, and also wants “compensation” paid by the UN for three of their troops killed in one of their attacks.
Qatari government needs to release its political prisoners, Qatari regime needs to release the Qatari human rights advocate and all others first before negotiating for the release of UN solders from Fiji.
So, Nusra wants: humanitarian aid, declassification as a terrorist org, and compensation for getting 3 of their own killed in a ill-advised attack on UN forces. Seriously. They've been listening to McCain's promises again, haven't they?
Someone clue me in, why is Israel not doing it’s normal terrorist thing? Has it hired again, all those fascists to do it’s dirty work again?