ISRAEL-SYRIA-BORDER-CONFLICT

ISRAEL-SYRIA-BORDER-CONFLICT

A picture taken on May 11, 2014 from the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights shows smoke billowing from an explosion during clashes between rebels and Syrian pro-government forces in the Syrian town of al-Kahtaniyya. The rebels had announced on their social networking pages the beginning of their military operations to control the border town al-Kahtaiyya and the Quneitra crossing. AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY