Sunday, June 5 Israeli troops opened fire on scores of Syrian civilians attempting to breach the border at Majd al Shams and Kuneitra. Syrian TV reported two killed and 10 injured. They kept on approaching the border, throwing rocks, after the soldiers tried to stop them with tear gas and loudspeaker warnings in Arabic.
Border contingents were instructed to act to prevent mass breaches of Israel's Syrian, Lebanese, Gaza Strip and West Bank borders like the surprise assaults three weeks ago
Two unforeseen events Friday, June 3 rekindled Syrian protests with full force - just as Syrian President Bashar Assad was preparing to celebrate the suppression of the uprising against his regime with active Iranian and Hizballah help: The leaders of the Syrian opposition-in-exile meeting in Antalya under Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's aegis struck a deal with the Muslim Brotherhood which brought 100,000 Brotherhood loyalists back on the streets in Hama and evoked a fresh bloodbath.
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