CIA/Mossad's "Syrian" militants fail to free hostages
The Philippines says the foreign-backed militant groups in Syria have not released 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers that they have held hostage. - Raul Hernandez, the spokesman of the Philippine Foreign Ministry, said the militants were expected to free the peacekeepers early on Friday, but they have failed to free the hostages. On March 6, the militants in Syria detained 21 soldiers, who are part of a 300-strong Filipino peacekeeping unit stationed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.