Syria
An Israeli soldier stands at a lookout point in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights overlooking south Syria, March 25 2025. Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Israeli forces have advanced into Syrian territory at more than one location, state media and a conflict monitor stated on Saturday.
Israeli forces moved toward the village of al-Hamidiyah located in Quneitra province on Saturday, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, calling it a violation of international treaties and the 1974 disengagement agreement.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that Israeli patrol vehicles “headed from Al-Ishah village to Al-Rabi’a neighbourhood and farmlands to the north of Al-Rafidu and Ain Al-Abd towns in the southern countryside of Al-Quneitra.”
Israeli drones were operating in the skies while the patrol was conducting searches and setting up checkpoints, according to SOHR.
A day earlier, a six-vehicle Israeli military patrol also advanced into Syrian territory, SANA reported.
The SOHR also reported that Israeli forces on Friday advanced “into an area near Ain Aisha junction on Al-Shalam highway which connects Damascus and Al-Quneitra, where the junction is located nearly 40 kilometers away from Damascus city centre. The Israeli forces established a checkpoint, before they withdrew a few hours later.”
After the collapse of the former Syrian regime last December, Tel Aviv intensified efforts to destroy Damascus’s military stockpiles and its forces have entered buffer zones east of the Israel-annexed Golan Heights.
Israel's military activity was discussed at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in August where all sides were urged to abide by the 1974 agreement that was adopted to create a buffer zone between the neighbouring states.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that they carried out a “swift and monitoring arrest operation” and “foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons on the summit of Mount Hermon into Syrian territory,” Avichay Adraee, Arabic spokesperson for the IDF, said in a tweet.
According to Adraee, their operation was aimed at stopping arms smuggling from Syria into Lebanon.
“During a night operation yesterday, IDF forces from the Mountain Brigade (810), in cooperation with members of Unit 504, arrested a number of suspects who attempted to smuggle combat equipment from Syrian territory to Lebanese territory in the area of Mount Hermon summit in Syria,” he stated.
Israeli forces moved toward the village of al-Hamidiyah located in Quneitra province on Saturday, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, calling it a violation of international treaties and the 1974 disengagement agreement.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that Israeli patrol vehicles “headed from Al-Ishah village to Al-Rabi’a neighbourhood and farmlands to the north of Al-Rafidu and Ain Al-Abd towns in the southern countryside of Al-Quneitra.”
Israeli drones were operating in the skies while the patrol was conducting searches and setting up checkpoints, according to SOHR.
A day earlier, a six-vehicle Israeli military patrol also advanced into Syrian territory, SANA reported.
The SOHR also reported that Israeli forces on Friday advanced “into an area near Ain Aisha junction on Al-Shalam highway which connects Damascus and Al-Quneitra, where the junction is located nearly 40 kilometers away from Damascus city centre. The Israeli forces established a checkpoint, before they withdrew a few hours later.”
After the collapse of the former Syrian regime last December, Tel Aviv intensified efforts to destroy Damascus’s military stockpiles and its forces have entered buffer zones east of the Israel-annexed Golan Heights.
Israel's military activity was discussed at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in August where all sides were urged to abide by the 1974 agreement that was adopted to create a buffer zone between the neighbouring states.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that they carried out a “swift and monitoring arrest operation” and “foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons on the summit of Mount Hermon into Syrian territory,” Avichay Adraee, Arabic spokesperson for the IDF, said in a tweet.
According to Adraee, their operation was aimed at stopping arms smuggling from Syria into Lebanon.
“During a night operation yesterday, IDF forces from the Mountain Brigade (810), in cooperation with members of Unit 504, arrested a number of suspects who attempted to smuggle combat equipment from Syrian territory to Lebanese territory in the area of Mount Hermon summit in Syria,” he stated.
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