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Israel’s claims of an imminent threat of Hizballah attack are not credible. More likely it wants to subdue the Lebanese militia so that it has a free hand to manipulate the Syrian battlefield to its advantage Al-Araby – 22 January 2015 By Jonathan Cook Israel has good reason to fear that the Lebanese militia Hizballah and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard will seek dramatic revenge for the killing of …

Quneitra is a border crossing between Syrian and Israeli controlled territories of the Golan Heights. Syrian Druze from the Golan are permitted to cross through the passage to study, work and live in Syria. Apples grown by Israeli Druze farmers are exported to Syria under the auspices of the Red Cross, and occasional brides cross both ways to their new …

On Thursday, the Israeli army said that it had struck a Syrian military position after presumed “errant fire” had struck the Israeli-occupied part of Golan Heights. In a statement, the Israeli army said that “at least one projectile hit the northern Golan Heights”. A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said that it hit an open field, and did not cause …

Syrian rebel groups, including the Al-Nusra Front, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, on Wednesday took over the Syrian border crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for human rights said. “Al-Nusra Front and other rebel groups took the Quneitra crossing, and heavy fighting with the Syrian army is continuing in the surrounding area”, Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the …

Syrian rebel forces in the city of Daraa shelled a rally for President Bashar Assad’s re-election campaign late on Thursday, killing 21 people and wounding 30 others. The strike comes after the Syrian army had cut off a key rebel supply route to the city of Aleppo. Bashar Assad faces two little-known other candidates in the upcoming poll on June …

The Syrian Army on Thursday brought to an end the siege of Aleppo central prison, which lasted for a year. According to reports, by doing so, the Syrian army has cut off a major supply route for the rebels, only two weeks before Presidential elections in the country, which President Bashar Assad is widely tipped to win. Armored vehicles and …

On Tuesday, the Syrian army backed by pro-regime militia entered rebel-held neighbourhoods in the city of Homs after laying siege to them for almost two years. The assault comes a day after the regime had regained control of the Christian town Maalula in Qalamun. Earlier this year, a UN operation had evacuated over 1,400 people trapped in the besieged neighbourhoods …