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A picture taken from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on August 29, 2014 shows an empty watchtower of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) overlooking the Syrian side of the Golan after rebel fighters took over the control of the Quneitra border crossing. Syrian rebels surrounded dozens of defiant Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights on Friday and demanded they give up their weapons, hours after taking 43 Fijian soldiers hostage, authorities said. Syrian rebels, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed a Golan Heights crossing at Quneitra on August 27, sparking an exchange of gunfire with Israeli troops. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)