Israeli forces also bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media reports.

Israel has “seized” territory in Syrian-controlled areas of the Golan Heights, as its military warned Syrians living in five villages close to the Israeli-occupied portion of the strategic area to “stay home”.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he ordered Israeli forces to grab a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, after a lightning advance by Syrian opposition forces ended Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

Israel captured a portion of the Golan Heights in the 1967 war and annexed it. The international community, except for the United States, views it as illegally occupied Syrian territory.

  • ashar@infosec.pubEnglish
    281·
    9 days ago

    Israel occupies more territory as a buffer zone for its 50 year old buffer zone.

    • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
      53·
      9 days ago

      Is almost as if their goal isn’t security within their borders, but just regular conquest.