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DAMASCUS, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli warplanes backed a rebel attack in Syria's southern province of Qunaitera on Saturday, attacking one of the military positions in that area, Syria's national TV said.
Citing a military source, the TV said the Israeli air force was backing the terrorists of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, previously known as the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, in the countryside of Qunaitera, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
It added that the Israelis were facilitating the move of the rebels from inside the occupied Golan Heights.
It said the Israeli warplanes attacked a military site in Qunaitera countryside, stopping short of giving further details.
The TV report said the Syrian forces and allied troops have thwarted a wide-scale offensive by the rebels against the towns of Hadar and Mashati-Hadar, as well as Tal Ahmar in Qunaitera countryside.
The clashes are still raging in that area, the report added.
The Syrian government repeatedly accused Israel of backing the rebels in Qunaitera.
