ISIS Edging closer to Israel as 95% of Golan Heights now Occupied.
Almost
the entire Syrian side of the Golan Heights is now under the control of
rebel forces, including radical Islamist groups, a senior Israeli
military commander in the area said Friday. Only the Quneitra border
area is still in the hands of forces loyal to President Bashar Assad,
Lt.-Col. Anan Abbas, deputy commander of the Golan Brigade, told
Israel’s Channel 10. About 95 percent of the Syrian side of the Golan is
in the hands of anti-Assad rebels, including radical Islamic
groups such as the Al-Nusra Front, affiliated with al-Qaeda, a rival of
the burgeoning Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as
ISIL or ISIS. One of two Syrian army brigades that used to control the
area has completely disappeared, the officer said. At present, the
Islamist groups in the area are focused on the war against Assad, he
said, “but we know their goal is to harm Israel; we’ve seen their
propaganda material.”
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Almost
the entire Syrian side of the Golan Heights is now under the control of
rebel forces, including radical Islamist groups, a senior Israeli
military commander in the area said Friday. Only the Quneitra border
area is still in the hands of forces loyal to President Bashar Assad,
Lt.-Col. Anan Abbas, deputy commander of the Golan Brigade, told
Israel’s Channel 10. About 95 percent of the Syrian side of the Golan is
in the hands of anti-Assad rebels, including radical Islamic
groups such as the Al-Nusra Front, affiliated with al-Qaeda, a rival of
the burgeoning Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as
ISIL or ISIS. One of two Syrian army brigades that used to control the
area has completely disappeared, the officer said. At present, the
Islamist groups in the area are focused on the war against Assad, he
said, “but we know their goal is to harm Israel; we’ve seen their
propaganda material.” More
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