View of the rest of Syria from the Israeli-held part of the Golan Heights. Photo: wiki commons.

Ynet – At least eight Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and seven deserters were killed on Thursday in a clash in the southwestern Quneitra province near the Golan Heights, a monitoring group said.

The clash took place in the village of Jebata al-Khashab, along the border with the Golan Heights, conquered by Israel in 1967 and later annexed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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