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 part four of a five-part series, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky meets the group caught in the middle of the conflict across the border — the Druze of the Majdal Shams village.Watch Part 1Watch Part 2Watch Part 3Read "Video Shows Israeli Drone Reportedly Downed in Syria"Read "Why Saudi Arabia is Picking Up Lebanon's $3 Billion Weapons Tab"Read "New Evidence Suggests Israel Is Helping Syrian Rebels in the Golan Heights"Read "Syria and Iran Condemn Israeli Airstrikes Near Damascus"Subscribe to VICE News on YouTubeFollow VICE News on TwitterLike VICE News on Facebook
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