Syrian Rebels Fighting Assad Seek Israeli Help

Israeli officials say Syrian rebels are urging them to launch airstrikes against foreign Hezbollah militants and Iranian Shi'ite fighters backing President Bashar al-Assad's forces along the Jordanian and Israeli borders in southern Syria, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Assad's commanders turned to the Lebanon-based radicals and Iranian fighters in a bid to thwart Syrian rebels from ramping up attacks near Damascus, said a representative...

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