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Fast Forward Druze Attack IDF Ambulance, Killing Wounded Syrian Militant
Druze villagers on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights attacked an Israeli military ambulance on Monday and one of two Syrian casualties it was carrying from the civil war next door died, police said. Read More: Israel’s Druze Call for Rescue of Embattled Syrian Brethren The incident in the Golan village of Majdal Shams overlooking Syrian territory…
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Fast Forward Druze Israelis Attack IDF Ambulance Carrying Wounded Syrians
An Israel Defense Forces ambulance carrying wounded Syrians to local hospitals was attacked by Druze residents of Israel. The Israeli Druze asked to check whether the wounded being carried by the ambulance on Monday were rebel members, who have been locked in a civil war with Syrian government forces for more than 4 years, according…
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News Praying at A Jewish Tomb in Shadow of ISIS
Al Qosh — Back when they still lived in Iraq, Kurdish Jews had a famous saying about the ancient synagogue believed to house the tomb of a biblical prophet in this beleaguered town on the high northern plateau of Nineveh province. On Shavuot they said, “He who has not made the pilgrimage to Nahum’s tomb has…
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Fast Forward Israeli Airstrikes Hit Targets Near Syria, Lebanese Media Reports
Israeli airstrikes attacked targets in eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese media reported, but the claims were denied by Hezbollah. Citing Lebanese security officials, the reports on Tuesday said that Israeli Air Force planes attacked Hezbollah targets near the city of Brital, on the Syrian border. Several Lebanese civilians were injured in the attack, according to the…
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Fast Forward Golan Heights Hit by Mortars From Syria Civil War
Two projectiles hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, causing no casualties, Israeli military sources said, describing the incident as apparent errant fire from Syria’s civil war. Mortar bombs fired in battles between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels trying to topple him in four years of fighting, have occasionally landed on the…
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Fast Forward Terrorists Planting Bomb on Israeli-Syria Border Killed in Strike
Four terrorists attempting to plant a bomb along Israel’s border with Syria were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The terrorists were killed Sunday evening as they laid the explosives in the Golan Heights. The men, who were in Israeli territory but did not breach the border fence, had been identified by an Israel Defense Forces…
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Fast Forward Golan Heights Resident Indicted For Spying on Israel For Syria
A resident of the Golan Heights was indicted for spying on Israel for Syria. Suleiman Sidqi from the predominantly Druze town of Majdl Shams is accused of spying for the Syrian government, aiding an enemy entity, having contact with a foreign agent and supporting a terrorist organization, Army Radio on Friday reported based on the…
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Fast Forward Golan Heights Hit by 2 Syria Rockets
Two rockets fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, the Israeli military said, nine days after an Israeli air strike in Syria killed several Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and an Iranian general. An Israeli military spokesman said the army ordered the evacuation of Israel’s Mt. Hermon ski resort on the Golan Heights after…
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