Syria army, rebels clash as UN bids to free Golan monitors

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https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_fSHxK73dR0tT3P4z9ufsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/12e7145f9ed18a82e775dbf99569ad3e4c4227ba.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syria-army-rebels-clash-un-bids-free-golan-110750731.html)Syrian troops and Islamist rebels battled close to the armistice line with Israel in the Golan Heights on Monday, as the UN pressed efforts to free 44 peacekeepers held by the insurgents. The unrest on Israel's doorstep followed a spillover of mortar and gunfire into Israeli-controlled territory, putting the Jewish state on high alert and prompting it to shoot down a drone over the occupied plateau on Sunday. Several mortar rounds struck on the edges of the ceasefire line early Monday as the combatants exchanged rocket, mortar and tank fire near the Quneitra crossing, which Al-Qaeda-linked rebels seized last week, an AFP correspondent reported. Israel had closed off the area around the crossing after an ******r was wounded by stray fire last Wednesday when insurgents led by the Al-Nusra Front took over the crossing into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan.




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