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World Service,18 Jun 2013,11 mins

Syria and Golan Heights

From Our Own Correspondent

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BBC cameraman Phil Goodwin reveals how the civil war in Syria has changed the country from a once hospitable and friendly place, into a brutal, paranoid and vicious one. And the Syrian conflict is causing concern in the neighbouring Golan Heights, a strategic plateau bordering Syria and Israel. It was seized by the Israelis in the Six Day War of 1967 and then annexed. It has been relatively peaceful, but as Bethany Bell discovers residents there fear the conflict next door could be heading their way.

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