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Report: Syrian opposition willing to trade Golan claims for Israeli military support
Top opposition official tells Al Arab newspaper militant groups want Israel to enforce a no-fly zone.By Haaretz | Mar. 16, 2014 | 8:13 PM |
The Syrian opposition is willing to give up claims to the Golan Heights in return for cash and Israeli military aid against President Bashar Assad, a top opposition official told Al Arab newspaper, according to a report in Al Alam.
"Why shouldnt we be able to sell the Golan Heights because it is better than losing Syria and Golan at once," Kamal al-Labwani, a prominent member of the Syrian opposition, told the Arab newspaper, according Al Alam, an Arabic language Iran state-owned media outlet.
The Western-backed militant groups want Israel to enforce a no-fly zone over parts of southern Syria to protect rebel bases from air strikes by Assad's forces, according to the report.
Syrian government forces backed by Hezbollah militants took full control of the town of Yabroud on Sunday after driving out rebels, helping President Bashar Assad secure the land route linking the capital Damascus to Aleppo and the Mediterranean coast on the third anniversary of Syrias civil war.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.580169
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Report: Syrian opposition willing to trade Golan claims for Israeli military support (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Mar 2014
OP
I cracked up when I read it..I thought, huh? Where did that come from? lol n/t
Jefferson23
Mar 2014
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bemildred
(90,061 posts)1. Oh my! nt
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)3. I cracked up when I read it..I thought, huh? Where did that come from? lol n/t
bemildred
(90,061 posts)4. You just don't know where to start.
But fortunately, we can ignore it.
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)2. Maybe the Cubs will win the pennant this year!