[News] Satellite imagery reveals seven new Israeli army outposts in Syria

[Anti-Imperialist News]

 Satellite imagery reveals seven new Israeli army outposts in Syria

The new sites are equipped with living quarters and command centers and aim
to reinforce an indefinite Israeli presence in Syria

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

FEB 18, 2025 -
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The Israeli army has set up at least seven new military outposts in
southern Syria, satellite imagery published by *Haaretz *
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-02-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/satellite-images-reveal-seven-new-idf-outposts-in-syria-along-the-border-with-israel/00000195-17de-d0af-a197-dfdf0a4f0000>newspaper
on 18 February has revealed.

The new military sites were established in Mount Hermon, Hader, Jubata
al-Khashab, Al-Hamidiyah, Quneitra, Al-Qahtaniyah, and Tel Kudna.

They aim to serve as “operational hubs for troops” in Syria as part of a
reorganization of the Israeli presence in the south of the country,
*Haaretz* said.

The sites include living quarters, command centers, clinics, bathrooms, and
showers.

Israeli occupation forces swept across southern Syria after the fall of
former president Bashar al-Assad’s government in December last year, moving
past the demilitarized zone and expanding their decades-long illegal
occupation in the country.

Facing “harsh” and “uninhabitable” conditions, Tel Aviv’s forces began
setting up infrastructure to allow for a prolonged stay, the newspaper
adds.

Earlier this month, Israeli Army Radio reported
<https://thecradle.co/articles-id/28851> that occupation forces have
discreetly established a security zone within Syrian territory, with nine
permanent sites already under advanced construction.

Three army brigades currently operate on Syrian territory, an increase from
the one-and-a-half battalions stationed in the occupied Golan Heights
before 7 October 2023, the army radio added.

Invading forces
<https://thecradle.co/articles/state-of-panic-among-locals-as-israel-expands-occupation-of-south-syria>
have recently seized precious water sources such as the Al-Wahda Dam on the
Yarmouk River Basin and others.

Hundreds of Israeli airstrikes have also destroyed former Syrian army air
and naval bases, as well as aircraft, air defense systems, and missile
stores.

“The IDF will remain at the summit of the Hermon and the security zone
indefinitely to ensure the security of the communities of the Golan Heights
and the north, and all the residents of Israel,” Israeli Defense Minister
Israel Katz said late last month during a visit to the occupied Syrian
territory.

“We will not allow hostile forces to establish themselves in the security
zone in southern Syria ... we will act against any threat,” he added.
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