Heavy Shelling Rocks Golan Heights Area Between Syria, Israel -- CNN
Golan Heights (CNN) -- Heavy shelling and gunfire echoed close to the Syrian-Israeli frontier at the Golan Heights on Friday as the long-running war between Syrian rebels and government forces raged in a strategic area.
Plumes of smoke rose from Syria's southern villages, only a few miles across Israel's northern frontier, and bursts of automatic weapons fire were audible from the rocky plateau of the occupied Golan.
In the space of a few hours Friday, a CNN team overlooking the village of Bir Ajam, less than a mile from the fence marking the frontier, saw at least 11 shells land on a community where earlier farmers had been seen and children heard playing.
A government artillery position about a mile and a half from the village was seen to fire, and heavy machine gun fire was also heard.
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Update: Syrian air force steps up attacks in south -- Washington Post/AP
My Comment: I am surprised that the Syrian civil war has not impacted the border region as much as many were expecting (myself included) when the conflict first started. But the Syrian civil war is now entering a new phase .... the killing has escalated to a levels that have not been seen before .... and the carnage is now happening throughout the country. If I was the Israelis .... I would be putting my military forces on the border to a more heightened alert .... if they are not there already.
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