![A view of Al Qunaitra, where, over the past year since the fall of the Assad regime, the Israeli army has detained more than 40 people, established nine military bases in and around civilian settlements and strategic hills, and took over approximately 12,000 acres of land in the province in southern Syria on December 17, 2025. [Bakr Al Kasem - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AA-20251222-40048265-40048254-ISRAELI_MILITARY_EXPANSION_IN_SYRIAS_QUNEITRA_PROVINCE.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
Israeli forces entered Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province on Friday and set up a checkpoint in a village, state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV reported, Anadolu reports.
Five Israeli military vehicles entered the village of Ain Ziwan in the southern Quneitra countryside before establishing the checkpoint, according to the broadcaster.
Syrian authorities did not immediately comment on the incident.
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Israeli forces have repeatedly carried out ground incursions into southern Syria, setting up temporary checkpoints, searching homes and vehicles and detaining civilians in actions Damascus describes as violations of the country’s sovereignty.
Following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024, Israel declared the 1974 Disengagement Agreement no longer valid and occupied the buffer zone in southwestern Syria.
Damascus has repeatedly reaffirmed its commitment to the agreement and called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory they have occupied.
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