0 1 3 , ▁ 2 1 ▁Philipp ine ▁peace keep ers ▁were ▁held ▁by ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Sy rian ▁reb els ▁who ▁call ▁themselves ▁the ▁Y arm ou k ▁Mart y rs ▁Brigade ; ▁they ▁were ▁then ▁released , ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁their ▁base ▁via ▁Jordan ▁and ▁Israel ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁March . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 0 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Foreign ▁Affairs , ▁Albert ▁del ▁Ros ario ▁announced ▁his ▁intent ions ▁to ▁pull ▁out ▁their ▁cont ing ent ▁of ▁UN ▁peace keep ers ▁from ▁the ▁U ND OF ▁zone . ▁He ▁suggested ▁the ▁ris ks ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁had ▁gone ▁" be yond ▁toler able ▁limits ". ▁The ▁announ cement ▁followed ▁the ▁kid n apping ▁of ▁four ▁peace keep ers , ▁shown ▁on ▁video ▁to ▁be ▁kept ▁as ▁human ▁shield s ▁by ▁the ▁Y arm ou k ▁Mart y rs ▁Brigade . ▁The ▁total ▁Philipp ine ▁cont ing ent ▁currently ▁numbers ▁ 3 4 2 , ▁approximately ▁one ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁unit . ▁On ▁ 6 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁ch an cell or ▁Werner ▁F ay mann ▁and ▁Aust rian ▁foreign ▁minister ▁Michael ▁Sp inde leg ger ▁announced ▁that ▁Austria ▁would ▁withdraw ▁its ▁troops ▁from ▁the ▁U ND OF ▁mission . ▁This ▁decision ▁was ▁made ▁after ▁Sy rian ▁reb els ▁had ▁attacked ▁and ▁tempor arily ▁captured ▁the ▁border ▁crossing ▁at ▁Q une it ra . ▁A ▁Filip ino ▁peace keeper ▁was ▁wounded ▁in ▁the