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MOUNT BENTAL, Golan Heights – As Syrian regime forces clash with rebels close to the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, this windswept plateau has become a front-row seat to Syria’s escalating civil war. Curious Israelis and foreign tourists toting binoculars have been drawn to the area to try to get a glimpse of the fighting, even as others sit in a cafe overlooking the Syrian frontier area, sipping from tiny cups of espresso and frosty glasses of beer. The thud of exploding mortar shells and smoke billowing from Syrian territory below have drawn Israelis to lookouts along the suddenly tense frontier, including this spot on Mount Bental — a former Syrian army post that Israel seized when it captured the strategic plateau from Syria in 1967. The deteriorating situation in Syria has become a mounting concern for Israel, which fears the unrest will spill over the border, and the long-quiet frontier area will become a new Islamist front against the Jewish state. Meir Elakry, an off-duty Israeli security guard who lives just 10 miles from the Syrian border, said he was afraid Syrian President Bashar Assad would become desperate and turn his guns on Israel. “I want to know what the danger is to my house,” said Elakry, clutching a pair of binoculars. “I don’t believe Assad will be quiet if he falls.” Warfare in Syria’s biggest city ragesOfficial: Israel to...

(CBS/AP) LONDON – Updated 11:51 a.m. EDT An autopsy is being held to determine the cause of Amy Winehouse’s death, but a coroner’s official says police have found no suspicious circumstances. The singer was found dead Saturday at her London home at the age of 27. Pictures: Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011Pictures: Stars mourn Amy WinehousePictures: The death of Amy Winehouse A coroner opened and adjourned an inquest into the unexplained death, leaving Winehouse’s family free to plan her funeral. A private family service could be held as early as Tuesday. Police said an autopsy was being held Monday afternoon, and results would be announced later in the day or on Tuesday. An inquest into the death was opened and adjourned at London’s St. Pancras Coroner’s Court. During the two-minute hearing, an official read out the name, birth date and address of Winehouse, described as “a divorced lady living at Camden Square NW1.” “She was a singer songwriter at the time of her death and was identified by her family here at St. Pancras this morning,” said coroner’s officer Sharon Duff. Duff said a forensic post-mortem was being held, along with histology and toxicology tests, 원주출장샵 to determine the cause of death. She said “the scene was investigated by police and determined non-suspicious.” In Britain, inquests are held to establish the facts whenever someone dies violently or in unexplained circumstances. Assistant...

(AP) BEIRUT – Syrian troops rushed dozens of tanks and reinforcements Wednesday toward Aleppo, the country’s strategically vital commercial capital, in a bid to crush a rebel advance that has spread to wide swaths of the sprawling city. As five days of fighting in Aleppo intensified, and with rumors swirling of a final showdown in that city, neighboring Turkey tightened its borders but said refugees will be allowed through. “We are expecting a big attack on Aleppo,” Mohammed Saeed, an activist based in Aleppo, told The Associated Press. “People are worried they might face random shelling while fleeing.” U.N. chief: “Slaughter” in Syria must stopIs al Qaeda fighting in Syria?Official: Israel will act if militants raid Syrian chemical or biological weapons stocks The rebels have made stunning advances over the past week, but the battle for control of Syria, a geographic and political linchpin at the heart of the Middle East, is far from over. And the potential for wider, 군포출장업소 regional unrest is great. Israel’s foreign minister warned that his country will act immediately if it discovers Islamic militants such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah are raiding Syria’s chemical or biological weapons stocks. “For us, that’s a casus belli, a red line,” Avigdor Lieberman told Israel Radio. Israeli officials have reported a run on gas masks. Demand has almost doubled in the past few days, to 4,200 requests on Tuesday...

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