Israeli Troops Detain Civilians, Blocks Roads As They Move Deeper Into Syria – Antiwar.com

April 7, 2025 TheMcgwire

Israeli Troops Detain Civilians, Blocks Roads As They Move Deeper Into Syria

IDF reports ‘defensive operations’ against Syrian infrastructure

Israeli troops continue to move deeper into Syria, raising consternation among the locals as they detain civilians on suspicion of “terrorism” and set up roadblocks to prevent villagers from accessing their lands inside the newly occupied “buffer zone.”

That “buffer zone” is getting bigger and bigger, crossing beyond the demilitarized zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights, and as a result is also shrinking the amount of land local residents are allowed to access…

The Israeli Army is now offering hiking tours of some of the newly-occupied part of Syria, calling them “Friends of Excursions” trips where Israeli forces will escort Israeli hikers into the closest 2.5 kilometers of Syria.

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3/2- Reuters: Israel is Lobbying the U.S. to Keep Syria “Weak and Decentralized” by Allowing Russia to Retain Bases as a Hedge Against Turkish Hegemony. Netanyahu is all-in with Putin.

3/2 — Israel Is Gearing Up To Invade A Syrian City On The Outskirts Of Damascus That Also Happens To Have A UNRWA Refugee Camp With 13,000 Palestinians (after Already Establishing 7 New Bases In The Former DMZ ‘Buffer Zone’ That They Illegally Seized After Syria Dissolved)

2/23 — Netanyahu Declares ‘No Syrian Forces’ To Be Allowed South Of Damascus

2/9- Syria is open to allowing Russia to maintain its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast, provided that any agreement with the Kremlin aligns with the country’s interests, Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra stated in an interview this week with the Washington Post.

2/5- New Syrian Resistance Faction Begins Operations Against Israeli Occupation Forces

1/30- 1/28 — Israel Says It Will Occupy Southern Syria ‘Indefinitely’

1/29- In response to widespread international condemnation regarding Israel’s presence in Syrian territory, the regime has declared that its military will remain in the region for an unspecified duration.

1/22 — ❗️Photos of the new Israeli military base that is currently being constructed in south Syria’s Quneitra region.

1/25 — ❗️Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani):○ “Israeli progress in Syrian territory is absolutely unacceptable.” [bit late]

1/19 — ❗️Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani): “Israel advanced in the buffer zone under the pretext of the presence of Iranian militias, and this excuse no longer applies after the liberation of Damascus.”