It was all quiet on the Syrian front today. Israel controls a large area of the main road from Kuneitra on the Golan Heights to Damascus. In the southern section. Israel holds the 1967 cease-fire lines up to the border junctions of Israel, Syria and Jordan on the Yarmuk River.
A large part of the Iraqi army is in Syria as is a majority of the Iraqi armor. Baghdad authorities have rejected the cease-fire though the Syrian government has accepted it. The Iraqi army is concentrated opposite the Israeli army on the central section of the Syrian line. The future behavior of this force either against Israel or in interference with internal Syrian problems remains to be seen.
On the northern tip of the Syrian front, on Mt. Hermon, Israeli forces control the highest ridge which faces the so-called “Fatah land” in Lebanon. Last night Israeli artillery shelled terrorist bases and reports from Lebanon said terrorists were seeking new hiding places..The shelling was in retaliation for an intensive terrorist activity against Israeli settlements in the north. Several settlements came under fire but no damage nor casualties were reported.
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