Intense concern is raised by allegations coming from activists in Syria according to which jihadists in the country seized a border crossing with Israel in the Golan Heights, after bloody clashes that occurred with forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it is Syrian rebels stemming from Al-Qaeda offshoots such as the Al Nousra Front and other Islamist organizations.

According to the Observatory, at least 20 Syrian soldiers and an unknown number of insurgents were killed in the fighting that occurred earlier today.
Some time earlier an Israeli army official announced that an Israeli soldier was injured in the Golan heights from stray gunfire that originated from Syria, however, he declined to comment on the occupation of the border crossing.

It should be noted that the transitional border crossing that was conquered, separates Syria and Israel in the Golan heights area.

The occupation of this location is more symbolic than strategic, however, according to the rebels, whose goal is to “relieve” villagers in the region “who were under siege by government troops”.