Syria: Over 30 Israeli vehicles enter Quneitra

More than 30 Israeli military vehicles entered Syria’s Quneitra province in the south-west on Wednesday evening, marking another breach of the country’s sovereignty.

Syria’s state-run Al-Ikhbariya channel reported that the Israeli force advanced into the eastern Tal al-Ahmar area near the village of Ain Ziwan in southern Quneitra. 

The report added that the vehicles fired flares into the sky, but it did not clarify whether the forces later withdrew or remain in the area.

The Syrian government has not commented on the incursion, and Israel has not explained its reasons.

This comes hours after a similar Israeli operation in Quneitra involving three vehicles, during which, according to the state channel, soldiers detained a shepherd and seized some of his livestock.

Israeli violations of Syrian sovereignty have become nearly daily in recent weeks, despite repeated Syrian assurances of adherence to the 1974 disengagement agreement. Israel declared it no longer recognises the pact following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December 2023.

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