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<h1 class="gmail-">Sixty Israeli incursions hit south Syria in
just three weeks: Report</h1>
<p class="gmail-">Tel Aviv is escalating military operations in
occupied Syrian territory as negotiations for a security deal
with Damascus stall</p>
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<p><span style="background-color:transparent">In a
noticeable escalation, Israeli forces have carried
out nearly 60 incursions into southern Syria in
November so far, involving heavy shelling, arrests
of civilians and combatants, the establishment of
military checkpoints, and the bulldozing of roads
and farmlands, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights (SOHR) </span><a
href="https://www.syriahr.com/en/373756/"
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style="background-color:transparent">reported</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> on 22
November.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">SOHR noted
\u201cthe absence of any deterrent\u201d on the part of the
Syrian government to \u201cstop this escalation,
reflecting the growing security challenges along the
country\u2019s southern border.\u201d</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">The
UK-based rights group reiterated its \u201cfirm call on
the international community and all concerned
parties to take immediate action to put an end to
these ongoing assaults.\u201d</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">On Friday,
Israeli forces infiltrated multiple villages in
Syria's central Quneitra countryside, including Umm
Batna, Rasm al-Khawaled, Mushayrifah, and Al-Ajraf,
state media SANA </span><a
href="https://sana.sy/en/local/2279199/"
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style="background-color:transparent">reported.</span></a></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Citing
local sources, Iraq\u2019s <i>Shafaq News</i> </span><a
href="https://shafaq.com/en/Middle-East/Israel-conducts-a-new-incursion-in-Syria-s-Quneitra"
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style="background-color:transparent">reported</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> that another
Israeli patrol was seen in the villages of Al-Asbah
and Al-Asha, also located in the southern
countryside of Quneitra.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">The new
raids come on the heels of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s illegal visit to the occupied
Syrian territory on the strategic Mount Hermon on
Wednesday.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">After
helping topple former Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad and bring Syria\u2019s new President Ahmad
al-Sharaa to power in 2024, Israel occupied new
territory and carried out hundreds of bombing raids
in Syria, targeting depots, vehicles, and weapons
sites. Israel's occupation of Syrian territory
stretches back to 1967, when Israeli forces occupied
the Golan Heights.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Now that
Syria is weak, Israel appears to have no intentions
of relinquishing its newly conquered territory,
despite ongoing negotiations for a security
agreement between the two countries.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Meir
Masri, political analyst and professor of political
science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,</span><a
href="https://npasyria.com/en/132333/"
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style="background-color:transparent"> stated</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> that
negotiations have now stalled due to Israel\u2019s
unwillingness to withdraw from areas it captured
inside Syrian territory following the fall of Assad.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Masri
said, \u201cI believe Israel is not prepared to withdraw
from strategic positions it seized with great
difficulty in exchange for promises or assurances
from Damascus regarding its security.\u201d</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent"><i>Reuters</i>
</span><a
href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-syria-talks-hit-snag-over-humanitarian-corridor-sources-say-2025-09-26/"
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style="background-color:transparent">reported</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> in September
that negotiations had stalled after Israel requested
what negotiators termed a \u201chumanitarian corridor,\u201d
allowing access between Israel and the heavily Druze
populated southern governorate of Suwayda. Syria
reportedly rejected the request, calling it a breach
of its sovereignty.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">According
to one source, Israel wants to maintain an aerial
corridor to Iran via Syria, which would allow for
future Israeli strikes on Iran.</span></p>
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