Shooting in Syria could mark new phase in Israeli campaign
Al Jazeera
Syria’s state-run news agency says Midhat Saleh was fatally shot by an Israeli sniper in the Golan Heights.
The death of a former Syrian Druze lawmaker, allegedly by Israeli sniper fire, could mark a new phase in what Israel calls its war against Iranian entrenchment in neighbouring Syria.
Midhat Saleh was fatally shot on Saturday in Ein el-Tinneh, a village along the Israeli frontier in the occupied Golan Heights where he ran a government office, Syria’s state-run news agency said.
Israeli media reported Saleh had been assisting the Iranian military against Israel.
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