At least 6 Syrian soldiers killed in Druze ambush

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DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. September 5, 2015, 8:36 PM (IDT)

At least 6 Syrian troops were killed in a Druze ambush southern Syria Saturday as the Druze continue to take revenge for the murder Thursday of Sheikh Wahid Balous. a senior cleric and leading anti-Assad figure on Djebel Druze, and two additional Druze clerics.  Some 37 armed Druze fighters have died in clashes with government forces since then and an unknown number of Syrian soldiers.

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