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Israeli forces conduct new incursions into Syria's Quneitra, set up checkpoints

Iran Press TV

Sunday, 26 October 2025 6:26 AM

Israeli forces have launched new assaults into several villages and towns in the southwestern Syrian province of Quneitra, setting up checkpoints and searching civilians despite ongoing talks between the Tel Aviv and Syria's ruling Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regimes on a "security agreement."

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that Israeli troops blocked the road connecting the towns of Taranja and Hadr in the northern countryside of the province on Saturday, and established a mobile checkpoint there.

Local sources reported that Israeli military helicopters also flew in the skies over the area.

Two military vehicles with several soldiers onboard moved to Tel Ahmar base in southern Quneitra, in a clear escalation of the Israeli military's activities on frontlines with the Syrian territory.

Three tanks and several vehicles were deployed near the al-Saqry checkpoint.

Additionally, four tanks, accompanied by a number of military vehicles, advanced towards al-Samdaniya town.

Israeli forces also established a mobile checkpoint on the road between Jabah village and Khan Arnabah town and searched passersby. There were no immediate reports about any arrests.

Moreover, two Israeli tanks crossed into al-Hamidiya town in the central part of Quneitra.

In recent months, the Israeli and Syrian HTS regimes have engaged in direct discussions focused on stopping Tel Aviv's aggressions against the Arab nation and achieving a so-called security agreement.

Israel has conducted repeated acts of aggression across the Syrian territory following the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad's government late last year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his forces to advance further into Syrian territory and capture multiple strategic sites within the country.

Israel has further extended its occupation of Syria by taking control of the so-called buffer zone, which separates the occupied Golan Heights from the remainder of the Arab nation, thereby violating a disengagement agreement established in 1974.

Experts believe that the inaction of the HTS regime, along with its gestures towards normalization with Tel Aviv, has encouraged Israel to broaden its occupation of Syrian land and intensify its airstrikes on the country.