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Syria, Israel exchange fire over border

bigstory.ap.org — DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back.The two sides appeared to be referring to the same incident.Sporadic fire from Syria's civil war has occasionally hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured in the 1967 war.

Syria, Israel exchange fire over border

bigstory.ap.org — DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back.The two sides appeared to be referring to the same incident.Sporadic fire from Syria's civil war has occasionally hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured in the 1967 war.

Hezbollah pulled more deeply into Syria civil war

m.apnews.com — BEIRUT (AP) - Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday.

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Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

news.yahoo.com — BEIRUT (AP) - A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a strategic town near the Lebanese border. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the fighters died in the fighting Sunday around the rebel-held town of Qusair.

Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

m.apnews.com — FILE - This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. Syrian President Bashar Assad says he won't step down before elections are held in his war-ravaged country.

Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM

bigstory.ap.org — DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province.The office says Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad's father was seized Saturday in the village of Ghossom in Daraa province.An official in Mekdad's office said the elder Mekdad is over 80 years old, but did not immediately know his name.There was no immediate claim of responsibility.