Syria
Arab sources report IDF activity near Damascus and Quneitra.
After a meeting in Beirut, Tom Barrack said gathered reporters must “act tolerant, because this is the problem with what’s happening in the region.”
The IDF will remain on Mount Hermon and in the Syrian security zone “to protect the communities of the Golan and the Galilee,” said Israel Katz.
The move follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s June 30 executive order, which removed longstanding sanctions on the Syrian government.
The Syrian president said there had been some progress in the ongoing negotiations for a renewed security agreement with Israel.
“We will continue to pursue ISIS terrorists with unwavering determination, throughout the region,” stated the commander of U.S. Central Command.
Several arms-smuggling suspects were apprehended during targeted raids on former Assad regime commando outposts.
The soldiers, who were lightly wounded, were evacuated to hospitals and their families notified.
The two sides reportedly discussed easing tensions following attacks on the Druze community and restoring the 1974 disengagement agreement.
The group planted a tree, an Israeli flag and a sign before being safely escorted back across the border by IDF soldiers and later questioned by police.
Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of “meddling” in a speech in which he assigned blame to “all sides” in addition to his security forces.
The Druze villages in the northern Syrian Hermon, now under Israeli control, are cut off from the world, with their only connection through IDF troops.
