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Large Israeli Deployment Reported in Southwest Syria, Forces Push Into Rif Damasq

by Jason Ditz | Aug 19, 2026

With growing numbers of incursions reported by Israeli forces into southwest Syria, the latest incidents are noteworthy both for being unusual in size and in one case for going far deeper into Syria than previous operations. Dozens of Israeli soldiers, supported by at...

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Dozens of Israeli Raids on Southwest Syria Reported in Last Two Weeks

by Jason Ditz | Aug 16, 2026

Multiple new Israeli raids were reported in Syria over the weekend, including raids on villages in Quneitra and another incident on Friday in which Israeli forces opened fire on the western Daraa village of Maariyah. In Quneitra Governorate, troops raided Jbata...

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Israeli Troops Raid Southwest Syria, Capture Multiple Civilians

by Jason Ditz | Aug 13, 2026

Israeli forces have launched multiple raids into southwest Syria over the past 48 hours, with operations centering heavily around the southern part of Quneitra Governorate and the Yarmouk River Basin in westernmost Daraa. Today, forces were reported entering the area...

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Israel Continues Operations in Southwest Syria, Detains Local

by Jason Ditz | Aug 9, 2026

Multiple Israeli military operations were reported in southwest Syria’s Quneitra Governorate over the weekend. The operations reportedly included the establishment of a new military checkpoint near the village of Ain Zeiwan and the destruction of farmland in the area....

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After a Year in Detention, Israel Finally Releases Captured Syrians

by Jason Ditz | Aug 5, 2026

Israel raids southwest Syria several times a day at this point, with the operations growing in scale. Detentions are still comparatively rare, and oftentimes detained civilians are released within hours, or the following day. The one consistent is that the IDF never...

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Israel Steps Up Southwest Syria Operations, Establishes New Checkpoints

by Jason Ditz | Aug 2, 2026

Israeli forces entered the Quneitra Governorate again on Sunday and established and set up a new military checkpoint along the road near al-Rafid, in the southern part of that governorate, in southwestern Syria. The Israeli troops at the checkpoint stopped and...

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Israeli Forces Shell Southwestern Syria in Southern Quneitra

by Jason Ditz | Jul 30, 2026

Israeli forces launched new artillery strikes against the Quneitra Governorate in southwestern Syria today, with strikes reported near the town of Tal al-Ahmar al-Sharqi, though there were no casualties confirmed. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

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Israeli Troops Fire on Southwest Syrian Village, Leaflets Warn Villagers Against Blocking Roads

by Jason Ditz | Jul 27, 2026

One day after Israeli drones dropped leaflets over villages in the Yarmouk Basin admonishing Syrians against trying to block roads used by the invading Israeli military, troops attacked the residential area of al-Maariyah. The reports have Maariyah taking extensive...

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Israeli Forces Detain Then Release Multiple Locals in Southwest Syria

by Jason Ditz | Jul 22, 2026

Israeli incursions into southwest Syria continued today, with some reports of incursions into the Quneitra Governorate but substantially more reported in and around western Daraa, where multiple detentions were reported. A young man who was reported captured in...

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Escalations in Southwest Syria as Israel Raids Quneitra, Daraa Governorates

by Jason Ditz | Jul 19, 2026

Israeli forces are launching more and more incursions into southwest Syria in recent days. Having launched about 450 incursions during all of 2025, that number has been met and nearly exceeded already in 2026, despite the year being barely half over. Multiple new...

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