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Clashes in Syria near Golan Heights

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07-11-2014 | 08:35

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Clashes in Syria near Golan Heights

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Activists and state media said Syrian troops are battling rebels near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Lebanon border.

State news agency SANA said government forces have killed "a number of terrorists and wounded many others" in the southwestern village of Beit Jin.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday that the fighting left 26 pro-government forces and 14 rebels dead the day before.

The area near Mount Hermon along the disputed borders between the three countries has seen weeks of heavy clashes as rebels and the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have pressed an offensive.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Lebanese troops prevented Syrians from bringing in 11 wounded people from the Beit Jin area.

Also on Friday, the Syrian town of Kobani was relatively calm following weeks of clashes.

No sign of fighting could be seen from the Turkish side of the border where Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters have been clashing over the strategic Syrian town.

Kobani, on the border with Turkey, has been encircled by the Sunni Muslim insurgents for more than 40 days. Weeks of U.S.-led air strikes have failed to break their stranglehold, and Kurds are hoping the arrival of the Iraqi peshmerga will turn the tide.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Wednesday (November 5) the U.S. conducted 14 air strikes in recent days in Syria and Iraq.

From Monday (November 3) through Wednesday, U.S. military forces launched three strikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani and one strike to the north in Sinjar.

The strikes hit a small unit of militants as well as two fighting positions, Central Command said.

AP/REUTERS

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