Battle Near the Golan Heights – Monday, Sept. 1

A member of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force looks through binoculars at the Syrian side of the Qunietra crossing from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Sept. 1, 2014.

An Israeli soldier stands at a military outpost in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the border fence with Syria, Sept. 1, 2014.

A rebel fighter in a battle with Syrian army soldiers near the Golan Heights, Sept. 1, 2014.

Syrian army soldiers near the Golan Heights, Sept. 1, 2014.

A Syrian army tank in a battle with rebel fighters in Syria near the Golan Heights, Sept. 1, 2014.

Syrian army soldiers fire during a battle with rebels near the border fence with the Golan Heights, Sept. 1, 2014.

Rebel fighters perform a military display as part of a graduating ceremony at a camp in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Aug. 31, 2014.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad heads a meeting of his new cabinet in Damascus, Aug. 31, 2014