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Asharq Al-Awsat
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel Says Apprehended Members of Iran-backed Cell in Syria
Israel's military said Monday it had apprehended members of an Iran-backed cell in southern Syria, the second such operation it has announced in the past week. Since the December overthrow of Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes primarily on military sites and carried out cross-border ground raids. In a statement, the military said troops "completed an overnight operation to apprehend a cell that was operated by the Iranian Quds Force in the Tel Kudna area of southern Syria." "For the second time in the past week... troops completed a targeted overnight operation and apprehended several operatives who posed a threat in the area," the statement added. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Israeli forces raided early Monday a village in the Quneitra countryside of southern Syria and "carried out searches targeting several homes, which ended with the arrest of two brothers". On Wednesday, Israel's military said its forces had apprehended members of an Iranian-backed "terrorist cell" in southern Syria and seized weapons.
The National
02-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Israeli military 'captures terrorist cell operated by Iran' in southern Syria
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it captured a 'terrorist cell operated by Iran' in an operation in southern Syria. Israeli troops have been stationed in Syria since the fall of the regime of former president Bashar Al Assad in December, where they have established a buffer zone near the border. Syrian authorities have condemned Israel pushing deeper into the country. Israeli forces 'completed a night-time operation to apprehend a terrorist cell operated by Iran in the areas of 'Umm Al Lux' and 'Ain Al Batsali' in southern Syria', the army said. The forces 'carried out a targeted night-time operation and apprehended several terrorists', it added. The army said that the forces located weapons, including several firearms and grenades. There was no comment from Syria or Iran. The troops 'continue to operate and prevent the entrenchment of any terrorist elements in Syria, with the goal of protecting Israeli civilians and the residents of the Golan Heights in particular', the army said. Israel launched a bombing campaign in Iran on June 13 that killed top military commanders and scientists linked to its nuclear programme. Tehran responded with ballistic missile attacks on Israeli cities. A ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump came into effect on June 24. Last month, a small group in southern Syria that once formed part of a Hezbollah network was suspected of carrying out a rocket attack on an Israeli-occupied area in the Golan Heights, sources said at the time. Syrian authorities had denied Israeli claims that Damascus was responsible. The two rockets hit an open area and caused no casualties, according to the Israeli military, which responded with air raids on several Syrian military sites. It was the first such attack on Israel from Syria since rebels led by the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham group toppled Mr Al Assad. President Ahmad Al Shara has sought to consolidate control of the country in the face of sectarian violence, and now faces the challenge of handling the Israeli response to the attack. A previously unknown group calling itself the Martyr Mohammed Deif Brigades claimed responsibility. Mr Deif was the military chief of Hamas who was killed by Israel last year in its war to eliminate the Palestinian militant group from Gaza. Israel was initially sceptical about Mr Al Shara's government, but Mr Trump has been pushing for reconciliation. On Monday, Israel said that it was interested in normalising ties with Syria as well as Lebanon in an expansion of the Abraham Accords, in what would mark a major transformation of the Middle East.
Al Arabiya
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Israeli military says it captured ‘terrorist cell operated by Iran' in Syria
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had captured a 'terrorist cell operated by Iran' in an operation in southern Syria.
