Israeli army stages new raid into Syria’s Quneitra

By Nour Mahd Ali Abuaisha and Lina Altawell

ISTANBUL (AA) — Israeli army forces conducted a new raid in Syria’s southern countryside of Quneitra on Tuesday, in the latest violation of the country's sovereignty, according to local media.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that a three-vehicle Israeli patrol entered the countryside from the town of Bir Ajam and headed toward the village of Bariqa.

The raid came shortly after the Israeli army carried out an incursion into the village of Saida al-Muqarraz in the southern Quneitra countryside.

The state-run TV Alikhbariah said an Israeli force raided the area for about an hour before withdrawing.

Despite the fact that the Syrian government poses no threat, Israeli forces have repeatedly entered Syrian territory and launched airstrikes, killing civilians and destroying Syrian military sites, vehicles, weapons, and ammunition.

Syrian government data shows that since December 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.