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Syrian troops made fresh gains in the strategic Qalamun area near the Lebanese border Saturday, seizing two villages from rebels, a military source told AFP. “The army took control this morning of the villages of Ras al-Maarra and Flita, after bombing…

The Israeli military fired a barrage of shells into southern Lebanon in retaliation after two Katyusha-style rockets crashed into an open field on Sunday, officials and reports said. The attacks struck uninhabited areas of both Israel and Lebanon without…