United Nations provides its peace-keepers in Syria with gear protecting them from chemcial weapons. (Reuters)
U.N. Forces In Syrian Golan Receive Protection Kits Against Chemical Weapons -- Al Bawaba
The United Nations is providing its peace-keepers in the Syrian Golan Height with kits to protect them from chemical weapons that could be used in the Syrian conflict, a U.N. official told reporters on Monday.
U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous said U.N. forces were having an “increasing difficulty in fulfilling its mandate under very serious security conditions.” He told reporters that his department has taken measures to enhance their safety.
“We have redeployed to the area of UNDOF a number of armed vehicles that were with other Missions in the region,” Ladsous said.
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My Comment: The UN is expecting tensions to escalate on the Golan Heights .... with the French even warning of collapse. What`s my take .... a lot of people are expecting Syria`s civil war to get worse .... with even a chance that chemical weapons may be used.
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