The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar Assad is frustrating the local population.
Local residents want new government to push out IDF, which it accuses of demolishing homes and orchards; military source says army 'unaware of incidents'
Turkish-backed SNA and Kurdish-led SDF around Syria's Tishrin dam as Israel arrested journalists near Quneitra
In-depth: Israel took advantage of the Assad regime's collapse to expand its occupation of the Golan Heights, with Syrians in Quneitra wary of what comes next.
The post IDF detains and later releases French journalist in southern Syria appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Israeli forces entered the area — which lies in a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights that was established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement between Syria and Israel — soon after the fall of President Bashar Assad last month in the country's 13-year civil war.
Israeli forces entered the area soon after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad last month in the country’s 13-year civil war
A Syrian mayor told AFP he had meetings with Israeli officers as the military conducted incursions in his village inside a Golan Heights buffer zone, saying they had demanded locals relinquish their weapons.
Residents of Suwayseh, a village in Syria's Quneitra province under Israeli occupation, have called for an end to Israeli aggression and demanded
IDF forces are advancing into the city of Quneitra in southern Syria. Syrian sources report they have entered deep into the city, evacuating officials from public buildings after Syrian police entered the area yesterday.
Residents of Suwayseh, a village in Syria’s Quneitra province illegally occupied by the Israeli army, have called for an end to Israeli aggression and demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces.
Protests have been breaking out in some southern Syrian villages against a presence by the Israeli military, which seized control over the border area as the Assad regime collapsed.