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Syrian Army Retakes Golan Crossing from Rebels
[An Nahar] Rebels fighting troops loyal to Damascus on Thursday briefly seized the only crossing along the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights, before regime forces recaptured it, an Agence La Belle France Presse correspondent and Israeli sources said.The Quneitra crossing is in the demilitarized zone on the Golan Heights, most of which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. It has both strategic and symbolic importance because of its proximity to Israel and to the Syrian capital. "The Syrian army has recovered control of the crossing, there are sounds of kabooms from time to time but far less than in the morning," an Israeli source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... An AFP correspondent near the crossing also confirmed that forces loyal to  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... had taken back Quneitra, saying he could see tanks moving inside the area. The Israeli military earlier confirmed that the crossing and the nearby town of the same name had fallen into rebel hands. "We can confirm that opposition forces have overrun the town of Quneitra and the border post but it's not exactly clear who they are," said Captain Arye Shalicar. But he was unable to confirm that government forces had retaken the area, saying the situation was still developing. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-07 |
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