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Damascus has sent reinforcements to the front line in Sweida province, where Israel, according to sources, is airlifting vehicles and equipment, possibly to establish a base. The number of government forces has grown to 3,000. The tension complicates American efforts at a peaceful settlement between Syria and Israel.
Javlon TursunovSyria's Interior Ministry said two security personnel were killed and five wounded during a special operation against an ISIS-linked cell in the town of Rankus in the western Damascus countryside. The operation was carried out jointly with Syria's General Intelligence Service.
Javlon TursunovAccording to Syrian media and the SANA agency, Israeli forces entered villages in the Daraa and Quneitra provinces, positioned snipers on the roofs of residential houses, shot dead a civilian with a disability and detained a young man, blocking the road to a UN patrol. Syria's Foreign Ministry earlier condemned the increasingly frequent incursions.
Sevara AzamovaIsraeli forces shot dead a disabled Syrian civilian during a raid on homes in the village of Jamla in southern Deraa province, the state agency Sana reported. The previous night, Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Abidin. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, Israeli incursions into southern Syria have intensified; Syria's Foreign Ministry and the UN document a rise in violations.
Javlon TursunovIn Damascus, a meeting took place between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and US envoy Tom Barrack, with Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in attendance. The sides discussed cooperation and issues of mutual interest, but the Syrian presidency did not disclose details of the talks. The meeting comes against the backdrop of the recent lifting of US sanctions on Syria and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Sevara AzamovaTwo members of an engineering unit of the Syrian army, one of them seriously, were injured during demining in the Ain Issa area in the countryside of Raqqa province. According to the Defense Ministry, a mine left over from the former regime exploded.
Sevara AzamovaLate on Tuesday evening, armed groups attacked internal security service posts in the western countryside of Suwayda province in southern Syria using drones rigged with explosives. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and Syria's Interior Ministry has not yet commented on the incident.
Sevara AzamovaUS Special Envoy Tom Barrack, speaking at a forum in Doha, said Washington is providing Saudi Arabia with logistical support but that a ground operation against the Houthis 'seems pointless.' He called on Middle Eastern countries to form regional alliances, advocated diplomacy with Iran, and assessed Syria's transitional period.
Sevara AzamovaIsraeli forces entered the village of Taranja in Quneitra province overnight and searched a house, Syrian state television reported. This came amid increasingly frequent Israeli operations in southern Syria and condemnation of such actions by the Syrian Foreign Ministry.
Otabek YusupovSyria's Ministry of Defense reported that a soldier of the Syrian army was killed in an attack by unidentified armed individuals in the al-Baghuz area in the east of Deir ez-Zor province, near the border with Iraq. Details of the incident and information about the attackers have not been disclosed.
Otabek YusupovAccording to Syria's state agency SANA, Israeli forces entered the Wadi al-Rukkad area in the western countryside of Deraa province on Saturday, while Israeli reconnaissance planes flew over the western part of the Yarmouk basin. No attacks or detentions were reported. The day before, Israeli forces had entered Quneitra province and encircled the town of Abidin.
Otabek YusupovGovernor of Syria's Quneitra province Ghassan al-Sayed Ahmad, at a meeting with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, asked UNDOF forces to monitor and document Israeli violations. The meeting covered the situation in the province, UNDOF's mandate, and the impact of violations on residents. According to the UN, Israeli troops hold 11 positions on the Syrian side of the buffer zone.
Aziz KarimovAccording to Syrian state media, about 10 Israeli military vehicles advanced toward the Abdin dam in Daraa province on Thursday, accompanied by aircraft flights. Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on farmland and searched homes. The day before, a column of five vehicles had already entered the same area through the Tel Abu Ghaitar checkpoint.
Otabek YusupovSyrian intelligence detained Ali Kayyali (Mihraan Ural), a militia commander linked to the mass killings in Al-Bayda and Baniyas in May 2013. According to SANA, he was trying to cross the border; according to SOHR, he was taken in Lebanon. The detention came 11 days after the arrest of his deputy Jamal Trabelsi.
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