Israeli soldiers patrol near the smoke from a fire caused by a rocket attack on the Golan Heights near the Lebanese border, on Aug. 20, 2015. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired artillery into Syria and carried airstrikes in response to a barrage of rockets that landed earlier in northern Israel, the IDF spokesperson unit confirmed in a statement. The IDF statement confirmed that it fired artillery and air attacks on Syria, adding that it hit several positions of the Syrian army, and blamed the Islamic Jihad, with the backing of Iran and the Syrian government, for the earlier rocket attack on northern Israel. (Xinhua/JINI)
