Assad musters large Syrian-Hizballah-Iraqi force to recover forward Golan position opposite Israel
Debka 09-Apr-14
The Syrian army’s 90th Brigade’s loss of the forward Tel Al-Ahmar Golan position to rebel forces including al Qaeda’s Nusra Front was Bashar Assad’s most humiliating military setback in the past year. Situated on the Israeli border, that position commands the Golan town of Quneitra opposite the Israeli army. Determined to recover Tel Al-Ahmar, Assad has mustered a Syrian-Hizballah-Iraqi Shiite expeditionary force. Israel will have to decide how to deal with violations of the Golan demilitarized zone if the Syrian army uses heavy armor and mounts air strikes against the rebels.
debkafile: This was the first rebel operation to be professionally planned, organized and executed and in which US-trained fighters also took part.
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