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“I was deeply saddened to hear about the death of Mohammed Karkara in the Golan Heights, the first Israeli citizen to die as a result of Syrian fire since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. The violence of the Assad regime has claimed far too many innocent victims.

Overspill from the Syrian conflict is having a seriously destabilising effect on the region as a whole. A swift political settlement to end the conflict is vital.” (Foreign Secretary William Hague MP in a statement, 23/06/2014)