Israeli forces open fire on journalists in southern Syria

Shooting at a film crew in Quneitra

Israeli forces opened fire on a group of journalists in the countryside of Syria's southern province of Quneitra on Monday. This was reported by the Syrian state television channel Al-Ikhbariya. According to the channel, the journalists were in the village of Barika at the time of the incident and were 'documenting Israeli violations'.

What is known and what is still missing

Further details of the incident are not yet available: neither the TV channel nor other sources have reported whether there were any casualties, what the distance to the military was, or whether any official comments followed from either the Israeli or the Syrian side. The province of Quneitra, where the incident took place, borders the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and, as Al-Ikhbariya notes, the journalists were working specifically on documenting violations in this border zone. So far the report relies on a single source, and there is no independent confirmation of the circumstances of the shooting.