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Syrian conflict spills beyond its border to Golan Heights, Lebanon

2013-06-06 62 Dailymotion

The Syrian crisis spills beyond its borders again.<br/> <br />Syrian forces fought off a rebel assault Thursday in a demilitarized zone of the Golan Heights, along the Syrian-Israeli border.<br/> <br />About 1,000 UN peacekeepers have been stationed here -- monitoring a decades-old ceasefire between Syria and Israel.<br/> <br />Austria said it will withdraw its nearly 400 peacekeepers, dealing a blow to the UN mission.<br/> <br />The latest fighting also has Israel concerned the Golan Heights could become a springboard for Jihadi attacks on Israelis.<br/> <br />And Lebanon, too, is becoming embroiled.<br/> <br />Thursday's clashes came one day after rebels lost control of an important town close to the Lebanese border.<br/> <br />Lebanon's Hezbollah guerillas, fighting alongside Syrian forces, were instrumental in that battle, and rebels have said they'll take revenge on Hezbollah for their loss.<br/> <br />Lebanon's state-news agency said on Thursday rockets hit the town of Baalbeck, a Hezbollah stronghold.<br/> <br />But the ma

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