Bedouin Trackers on the Border: The War Next Door (Part 5)

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 United Nations peacekeepers — who have since been released. But al Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-affiliate, isn’t Israel’s only threat from Syria. President Bashar al-Assad’s military, in a possible effort to bait Israel into its civil war to shore up Arab sympathies, has been lobbing mortars across the border. Just a few weeks ago, the Israeli military shot down a Syrian plane flying over the Golan Heights — the first time it has done so since the 1980s. In the final part of our series, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky gets a perspective on the looming threat of the al Nusra Front from a special unit of the IDF — Bedouin trackers who specialize in protecting the border. Watch Part 1 – http://bit.ly/1AuJhp5 Watch Part 2 – http://bit.ly/1C3kXyE Watch Part 3 – http://bit.ly/1AyAVyR Watch Part 4 – http://bit.ly/1t1IT2Q Read “The Syrian Regime Will Now Allow Desperately Needed Aid Into Rebel-Held Regions” – http://bit.ly/1t7ejoq Read “Video Shows Israeli Drone Reportedly Downed in Syria” – http://bit.ly/1xEpRAv Read “New Evidence Suggests Israel Is Helping Syrian Rebels in the Golan Heights” – http://bit.ly/1BroztZ Watch “A Fugitive and his Family: Escape to the Islamic State” – http://bit.ly/1rNVpwy Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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Bedouin Trackers on the Border: The War Next Door (Part 5)

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 United Nations peacekeepers — who have since been released. But al Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-affiliate, isn’t Israel’s only threat from Syria. President Bashar al-Assad’s military, in a possible effort to bait Israel into its civil war to shore up Arab sympathies, has been lobbing mortars across the border. Just a few weeks ago, the Israeli military shot down a Syrian plane flying over the Golan Heights — the first time it has done so since the 1980s. In the final part of our series, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky gets a perspective on the looming threat of the al Nusra Front from a special unit of the IDF — Bedouin trackers who specialize in protecting the border. Watch Part 1 – http://bit.ly/1AuJhp5 Watch Part 2 – http://bit.ly/1C3kXyE Watch Part 3 – http://bit.ly/1AyAVyR Watch Part 4 – http://bit.ly/1t1IT2Q Read “The Syrian Regime Will Now Allow Desperately Needed Aid Into Rebel-Held Regions” – http://bit.ly/1t7ejoq Read “Video Shows Israeli Drone Reportedly Downed in Syria” – http://bit.ly/1xEpRAv Read “New Evidence Suggests Israel Is Helping Syrian Rebels in the Golan Heights” – http://bit.ly/1BroztZ Watch “A Fugitive and his Family: Escape to the Islamic State” – http://bit.ly/1rNVpwy Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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