Philippines: Syrian rebels fail to free peacekeepers

Philippine peacekeeping officers line up before departing to Golan Heights at the Villamor Air Base at a Manila suburb, in the Philippines in this Nov. 11, 2012 photo released by the Philippine Army. The Philippine government said Thursday that talks were under way for the release of 21 unarmed Filipino U.N. peacekeepers who were detained by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights in the increasingly volatile zone separating Israeli and Syrian troops.