U.N. peacekeepers withdrawing from Syrian-controlled Golan Heights . The United States and Russia have been at odds over the fate of Syria's chemical weapons since last year. Israel has occupied a portion of the territory since seizing it during its 1967 war with Egypt , Jordan and Syria . The peacekeepers were eventually released ; others escaped a militant siege . U.N. peacekeepers have been in the region since 1974 .
U.N. peacekeepers withdrawing from Syrian-controlled Golan Heights . The United States and Russia have been at odds over the fate of Syria's chemical weapons since last year. The peacekeepers were eventually released ; others escaped a militant siege . U.N. peacekeepers have been in the region since 1974 .