Islamic State conquests in Syria nearing Israeli border
Islamic State conquests in Syria nearing Israeli border
Islamic State fighters managed to conquer two villages in southern Syria, only 60 kilometers from the border with Israel. With Assad’s forces weakening, the only force that can stop their advancement towards the Golan Heights is the Syrian Rebels.
Jun 03, 2015, 11:57AM | Tom Dolev
via Israel News – Islamic State conquests in Syria nearing Israeli border – JerusalemOnline.
Islamic State terrorists in Syria Photo Credit: Reuters / Channel 2 News
According to an announcement published by the Islamic State today (Wednesday), the terror organization’s fighters were able to conquer two villages north of the city of Daraa – meaning that the organization is nearing the border with Israel. The villages are located at the entrance to Hauran, the region closest to the Israel-Syria border.
Images from the area of the fighting show Syrian Rebels trying to fend off Islamic State fighters, who were able to reach as near as 60 kilometers from Quneitra. The Rebels on the other hand claim that they succeeded in thwarting the terror organization’s advancement.
According to reports, the Islamic State is getting closer to the border with Israel and the only force that can stop its advancement towards the Golan Heights is the Syrian Rebels, with Assad’s forces weakening. The As-Suwayda Governorate, in which a Syrian Druze population resides, is also under threat of an Islamic State takeover.
IS continues to advance in Syria
Islamic State continues to advance in Syria Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
Battles on the way to Damascus also continue, as Syrian Rebel and Islamic State forces are getting closer to defeating the Assad regime. According to reports from Syria, there is a real concern that the country could once and for all fall into the hands of the rebels, after decades under the rule of the Assad regime.
Meanwhile, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken reported a series of achievements reached by the coalition forces operating against the Islamic State. According to Blinken, the coalition forces were able to kill more than 10,000 Islamic State fighters thus far in nine months of fighting, a fact he claimed could have serious implications for the terror organization.
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WarSclerotic 
June 3, 2015 at 3:05 PM
A few months ago the rebels in Daraa stopped Iranian forces headed for the Golan. An advance by ISIS to the Golan area would give it a tremendous propaganda tool. By using social media ISIS will call on all Muslims who believe in the creation of a caliphate to unify and head toward the Golan Heights for a battle with Israel. With ISIS already challenging Hamas in Gaza a very quick capitulation of all Muslim forces to this battle cry is foreseeable. In less than six months the entire battle landscape can be changed for Israel. Be prepared.
June 3, 2015 at 3:30 PM
isis in the Golan or iran