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Reuters: Syrian army says it captures strategic hill overlooking Israeli border

Published July 17, 2018 at 10:33 am

Syrian rebels fire rockets during clashes with regime forces advancing toward the town of al-Hara in the southern Syrian Daraa province on July 16, 2018. Syrian regime forces backed by Russia made sweeping advances today against rebels holding out in the country's vital southern zone. A string of towns ,Al-Hara, Samlin, and Zimrin, had agreed to fall back into regime control, while troops overran Al-Tiha militarily.

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The Syrian army and its allies have taken control of a strategic hill overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as it pushes forward with an offensive to seize the remaining parts of the southwest from rebels, state TV and rebels said on July 16.

It said the army had taken control of al-Haara hill on the second day of an offensive to take back the last parts of southwest Syria in Quneitra province that are in rebel hands and are close to the border with Israel.