Conflict & Security
Israeli forces arrest person during incursions into southern Syria
October 31, 2026 at 01:58 PM
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2 reports · over 2 hours
Israeli forces have staged fresh incursions across Quneitra, Damascus, and Dara'a countryside, arresting a man in Quneitra on Saturday.
- Israeli forces on Saturday arrested a man in Al-Hurriya village in northern Quneitra during a five-vehicle incursion that included searches of civilians' homes, Syria's SANA agency reported.
- Troops also entered Beit Jinn in rural Damascus and sent tanks and patrols into Wadi al-Raqqad and Wadi Abidin in western Dara'a, according to Syrian media.
- Israel fired flares over the villages of Briqa and Beer Ajam in central Quneitra overnight, Syria Now reported.
- Quneitra mukhtar Muhammad al-Ahmad said Israel had seized 5,000–6,000 dunams of village land and erected military positions and earth berms.

