Syrian opposition fighters have seized border crossings with Iraq and Turkey as Jim Muir reports from neighboring Lebanon.

叙利亚反对派武装人员夺取了与伊朗和土耳其的边境通道，Jim Muir在邻国黎巴嫩报道。

Perhaps sensing that the regime was too preoccupied with the battle at the center, rebel fighters stormed all the border posts along the eastern frontier with Iraq. Iraqi officials said 22 Syrian border guards were summarily executed after their post was overrun. At least two other posts on the northern Turkish border were also reported to have been seized. The developments on the borders are likely to make it easier for the rebels to bring in more arms and fighters although Iraq's government, which is dominated by the Shiite majority and is sympathetic to President Assad, has threatened to close it.

或许是感到当局一心一意在中心地区作战，叛军武装人员就炮轰了与伊朗接壤的整个东部边界线的边防站。伊拉克官员称22名叙利亚边防警卫在站点夺取后被当场处决。据悉，北部土耳其边境处的至少两个站点也被夺取。边境的这些局势可能使得叛军更容易运来更多武器和武装人员，尽管由什叶派多数控制且同情阿萨德总统的伊朗政府曾威胁要关闭边防站。

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the Islamist group Hezbollah for the suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria on Wednesday. Mr Netanyahu said the group based in Lebanon was being sponsored by Iran.