Qaeda Affiliate Claims Capture of U.N. Peacekeepers in Syria by BEN HUBBARD

By BEN HUBBARD

The Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, said the two dozen United Nations peacekeepers were being held in revenge for what the group called the U.N.’s failure to help the people of Syria during the country’s civil war.

Published: September 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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