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• Syrian forces widen south west offensive, some rebels leave for north

  Syrian government forces widened their offensive in the country's southwest on Sunday to Quneitra province, a region adjoining the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitor and rebel sources said.
  
  

• Syrian state media: Israeli rockets strike military position near Aleppo

  Syrian state media said on Sunday that Israeli rockets had hit a Syrian military position near Nairab airport on the outskirts of the city of Aleppo.
  
  

• Five miners killed in fire at South African copper mine

  Five miners died on Sunday in a fire at a South African copper mine operated by unlisted Palabora Mining Company, the company said in a statement.