The Expanding Battle Against the Islamic State
![Druze men watch from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border crossing as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, Aug. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/92cec22b-3b52-484a-b7f9-edbdb88619e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Druze men watch from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border crossing as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, Aug. 27, 2014.
![Smoke rises near a U.N. post in the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Aug. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/db1374e6-daa3-4461-b0db-93e140490d7f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises near a U.N. post in the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Aug. 27, 2014.
![A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force observes the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Aug. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/804bce77-2667-4219-8a95-d92b5657ac22_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force observes the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Aug. 27, 2014.
![Smoke and fire rise in the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, as seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Aug. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/c96dc22b-5456-43f9-b6a2-8f38770bc9b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke and fire rise in the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, as seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Aug. 27, 2014.