Bashar Assad
Austrian prosecutors charged Khaled al-Halabi with torture in Raqqa and alleged that he acted as a Mossad double agent before fleeing to Europe.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar demands Damascus be held accountable for the violence in Suweida.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi hopes to finish inspections in the coming months.
Elite Israeli units uncovered bunkers and an arms cache in the cross-border strike, amid efforts to shield Druze villages from violence.
The walking tours along the border, which were advertised last week and quickly sold out, were nixed following an “operational security assessment” of the area.
The IDF-approved tours of the far side of the Golan Heights are scheduled to get underway next week.
“The presence of military assets in southern Syria poses a threat to the State of Israel,” the IDF stated.
Gideon Sa’ar slammed European leaders for meeting with de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The group, which included prominent Syrian Jewish leaders, urged the new regime to preserve heritage sites.
“The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat to the State of Israel.”
Among the equipment seized were anti-tank missiles and RPG systems, mortar shells, explosive devices, observation equipment and two tanks, according to the IDF.
“The people of Majdal Shams were scared to normalize or become citizens of Israel because of the Assad regime,” Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif told JNS. “Now the situation is different.”
