Published December 20,2024
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Israeli troops fired dwell bullets at Syrians protesting within the southwest Daraa province hours after Israel’s navy offensive and seizure of two villages on Friday, injuring one.
Earlier on Friday, Israeli forces seized two villages, Jamlah and Maaraba, in Daraa province’s Yarmouk Basin, as its occupation of Syrian territory continues to increase following the collapse of the Baath Party regime.
Since the regime’s downfall on Dec. 8, Israeli forces have escalated their navy offensives in Syria, destroying remaining navy infrastructure and advancing into beforehand demilitarized zones.
Locals in Daraa protested towards the occupation, chanting, “Israel Get out,” whereas waving Syria’s new flags. Israeli forces reportedly fired on protesters from close by elevated positions, injuring one individual.
Israel’s latest actions embrace extending its management within the occupied Golan Heights and advancing to inside 25 kilometers of the capital, Damascus. These efforts observe the intensification of regional battle in late November.
Israel additionally declared the collapse of a 1974 disengagement settlement with Syria and deployed its forces throughout the demilitarized zone within the Golan Heights-a territory Israel has occupied since 1967. This transfer has been broadly condemned by the United Nations and a number of other Arab nations.
According to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), the buffer zone “extends over 75 kilometers in length and ranges in width from approximately 10 kilometers in the center to 200 meters in the far south.”
Bashar Assad, Syria’s chief for almost 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime teams took management of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party regime, which had been in energy since 1963.
Source: www.anews.com.tr