Syrian Shelling Blocks UN From Recovering Kidnapped Peacekeepers

A UN bid to recover peacekeepers kidnapped by Syrian rebels, was blocked on Friday.

Shelling from the Syrian military made the route unsafe and so the twenty-one will remain with the rebels.

Plans are for a UN convoy to try again, on Saturday, when a two hour ceasefire is supposed to take place.

The rebels had initially said that they would not release them until the military left the area, but they gave in to pressure from the UN.