2 Syrians detained by Israeli forces in Syria's southwestern Quneitra province
'Israeli occupation forces detained two young men after stopping them at a checkpoint established between the town of Umm Batna and the village of Al-Ajraf in the Quneitra countryside,' reports media
Israeli military vehicles patrolling and stationing at Maalka village in Quneitra, Syria on February 04, 2025. Continuing its military activity in Syrian territory, the Israeli army searched the houses, causing anxiety and fear among the villagers.
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Israeli forces on Friday detained two young men at a checkpoint they set up in Quneitra province in southwestern Syria, following an incursion into several villages in the area.
The Syrian state-run Alikhbaria TV channel reported that “Israeli occupation forces detained two young men after stopping them at a checkpoint established between the town of Umm Batna and the village of Al-Ajraf in the Quneitra countryside.”
The incident came shortly after Israeli warplanes were seen flying at low altitude over Quneitra, coinciding with the incursion of Israeli forces into several villages in the province, according to the channel.
Syrian government data shows that since Dec. 2024, Israel has carried out over 1,000 airstrikes on Syria and more than 400 cross-border raids into the southern provinces.
After the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024, Israel expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights by seizing the demilitarized buffer zone, a move that violated a 1974 agreement with Syria.
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