Syrian Druze join battle to push back rebels in south

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* Rebels seek to reassure Druze * Concern from Israel, Leba**n about fate of mi**rity (Adds comments from rebel leader) By Tom Perry BEIRUT, June 12 (Reuters) - Members of Syria's Druze mi**rity have helped repel a rebel attack on an army base in the south, mobilising to confront insurgents including al Qaeda's Nusra Front who are trying to build on gains against President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organisation that tracks the war, said on Friday rebels had been driven from the base, which they had partly captured on Thursday, by air strikes and Druze fighters from nearby Sweida.

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