UN Golan Mission Faces Troop Shortage

A U.N. peacekeeping soldier uses binoculars to watch fighting between forces loyal to and opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from the Golan Heights, June 7, 2013.

A U.N. vehicle drives into a base near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights, June 7, 2013.

A U.N. soldier stands next to a shelter inside a UN base near the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria, June 7, 2013.

An Israeli soldier holds an anti-tank weapon in the Golan Heights near a Syrian village near the Quneitra border crossing, June 7, 2013.