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Chinese Troops are Winning Hearts and Minds in South Sudan

Dec 04, 2015 10:37 AM EST

More than 1,000 Chinese soldiers have been winning hearts and minds among the people of Juba, in South Sudan, where a People's Liberation Army (PLA) contingent called the CHN-BATT has been stationed since China joined the United Nations (UN) effort to protect civilians and UN personnel in the strife-torn country earlier this year.

A United Nations vehicle drives through a gate at a U.N. base near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights March 8, 2013.

43 UN Peacekeepers Held By Rebels In Golan Heights, 81 Locked In Standoff [VIDEO]

Christl Leong |

Aug 29, 2014 04:43 AM EDT

Forty-three UN peacekeepers are being held captive by an armed group in the Israel-Syria border territory of Golan Heights while 81 others are locked in a standoff with militants, the United Nations said on Thursday.