Israeli forces continue to scale up efforts on the “Sufa 53 line” construction in southwest Syria’s Quneitra Governorate this week, adding a substantial number of heavy construction vehicles to the deployment for land-clearing work, and launching more raids on...
Israeli troops launched multiple new incursions on the ground in southwest Syria, centered primarily on the Quneitra and the Daraa Governorates. The most noteworthy incident, however, happened further to the north. The incident took place in Rif Damasq, near Mount...
Israeli military vehicles entered the village of Saida al-Golan, in Quneitra Governorate today, searching homes in the area and capturing one civilian before withdrawing from the village toward the farmland further to the west. A large number of IDF vehicles were also...
Israeli troops continued to operate across southwest Syria over the weekend, with multiple incursions reported against the Quneitra Governorate seemingly focused primarily on excavation and carving out the “Sufa 53 Line” that the IDF is imposing on the ground in the...
Israeli military ground raids into southwest Syria continued to happen in growing numbers this weekend, with troops raiding multiple towns and villages in Daraa and Quneitra Governorates. At least four Syrian civilians were reported captured over the course of the...
Israeli troops continued cross-border operations into southwest Syria’s Quneitra and Daraa Governorates again today, harassing civilians and damaging and confiscating private property in the areas. Troops backed by eight military vehicles entered the area west of...
Adding a new level of complexity to Israeli military activity in southwestern Syria, the IDF has now imposed a strict curfew on some villages within Quneitra, including Hodr. The curfew strictly forbids all non-locals from being within a given village after 7:00 pm....
Over the course of September, Israel carried out no less than 280 separate incursions into southwest Syria, and they currently hold at least 49 Syrians in detention, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reports. Those detained civilians who are ultimately...
Among the towns and villages impacted by Israel’s incursions into southwest Syria, few have had more problems than Jabata al-Khashab. The village, in northern Quneitra Governorate, is within the UNDOF demilitarized zone and subsequently is de facto occupied by the...
The incidents of Israeli forces shooting Syrian civilians inside Syrian territory have continued to grow today, with reports that, after three were shot earlier this week in two separate incidents, a fourth was shot, wounded, and ultimately detained on Wednesday. The...
