Occupation army attacks tanks in Syria's Sweida
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, tanks advanced towards Sweida on Monday morning, not far from the Israeli border.
More than 30 people were killed and 100 injured in armed clashes in Syria's city of Sweida, the Syrian interior ministry said early on Mondays.
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