UN Hopes for Cease-Fire to Free 21 Peacekeepers

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The U.N. peacekeeping chief says there is a possibility of a cease-fire that would enable 21 peacekeepers being held captive by Syrian rebels to be released.

Herve Ladsous told reporters after briefing the Security Council on Friday that the peacekeepers are being held in the basements of four or five houses in the village of Jamlah, just a kilometer (less than a mile) from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, which is subjected to intense shelling by Syrian armed forces.

Ladsous said "there is perhaps a hope, ... a possibility" that a cease-fire of a few hours could take place so the peacekeepers, all Filipinos, can be released.

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