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May 22, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/22/us-syria-south-insight-idUSBREA4L03Z20140522

Syrian Al-Qaeda Reach Foothills of Israeli Golan

(Reuters) Suleiman al-Khalidi - Last month, Syrian Islamist fighters of the Nusra Front captured the hill of Tel Ahmar, just a few kilometers from Israeli forces on the Golan Heights, and hoisted the al-Qaeda flag. Nearly 2,000 Nusra Front fighters operate in the area, manning dozens of checkpoints across the Hauran Plain, from the Golan Heights frontier in the west to Deraa in the east. "These Islamist groups have become the main actors on the ground. The Free Syrian Army has disintegrated," said former Jordanian army general and military analyst Fayez Dwairi.

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