The United Nations says 43 of its peacekeepers in the Golan Heights have been detained by ‘an armed group’ fighting President Assad’s army in Syria.<br /><br />UN positions were reinforced shortly after the world body said it was working to secure their release. A further 81 <br />peacekeepers are trapped.<br /><br />There has been intense fighting after rebels – reportedly including al Qaeda’s Syria wing – seized a border crossing into the Israeli-occupied sector.<br /><br />Two Israelis – a soldier and civilian in the Golan Heights – were injured by errant fire.<br /><br />Israel captured the western part of the plateau from Syria in 1967, annexing it in a move not internationally recognised.<br /><br />The UN is there to maintain the ceasefire between the two enemy countries.
