Putin offers Russian troops as Golan peacekeepers
Posted by seumasach on June 8, 2013
Putin offers Russian troops in lieu of Austrian Golan peacekeepers. UN: Thank you but n
7th June, 2013
Just 24 hours after Austria decided to withdraw its 380-strong contingent from the UN force policing the Golan separation zone, President Vladimir Putin stepped forward Friday, June 7, with an offer of a Russian force to take its place on the highly sensitive Syrian-Israeli border. Thursday, two peacekeepers were injured by falling ordnance from a battle between Syrian and rebel troops around Quneitra.
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