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1st LD: Israeli warplanes attack positions in Syria's Qunaitera province

Xinhua, September 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Israeli warplanes backed a rebel attack in Syria's southern province of Qunaitera on Saturday, attacking one of the military positions in that area, Syria's national TV said.

Citing a military source, the TV said the Israeli air force was backing the terrorists of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, previously known as the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, in the countryside of Qunaitera, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

It added that the Israelis were facilitating the move of the rebels from inside the occupied Golan Heights.

It said the Israeli warplanes attacked a military site in Qunaitera countryside, stopping short of giving further details.

The TV report said the Syrian forces and allied troops have thwarted a wide-scale offensive by the rebels against the towns of Hadar and Mashati-Hadar, as well as Tal Ahmar in Qunaitera countryside.

The clashes are still raging in that area, the report added.

The Syrian government repeatedly accused Israel of backing the rebels in Qunaitera. Endit