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Syrian insurgents attack government-held town near Israel

Fighters from Al Qaeda's Nusra Front and other insurgents attacked and briefly entered Baath City in southern Syria on Thursday, the army's last major bastion in a province flanking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

 

The battle is part of a campaign launched by the insurgents this week to take control of the entire Quneitra province. Only Baath City and neighboring Khan Arnaba town remain under President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

 

"If they fall the rebels will have secured the second province after Raqqa," said Abu Said Jolani, an activist in the area.

 

Raqqa, in northern Syria, is held by the militant group Islamic State and has been targeted by U.S.-led air strikes.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.20.14, 21:26