Syrian troops in new assault on Hermon. Druzes again threatened

Fresh fighting has erupted between Syrian army and rebel forces around Beit Jann and Hodr on the slopes of Mt. Hermon north of the Israeli Golan. Rebel sources reporting this add that the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and Haramoun Army rebels engaged in the fighting have again warned Druze villages in the area not to intervene or else “they would suffer the same fate as the regime.”.