A Syrian jet bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day today, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said.

A Syrian jet has resumed bombing a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey, officials and witnesses said today.

A Syrian fighter jet bombed an area near the Turkish border today, causing several casualties, officials and witnesses said.

Israel was drawn into the fighting in neighbouring Syria for the first time, firing warning shots across the border after an errant mortar shell landed near a military installation in the occupied Golan Heights.

Two large explosions shook Syria’s southern city of Daraa today, causing multiple casualties and heavy material damage, the country’s state-run news agency and activists said.

A group of Syrian soldiers including two generals and 11 colonels have fled to Turkey, according to Turkey’s state-run news agency.