Syria18 September, 20263 min read
Israeli Forces Raid Ma’riya, Set Checkpoint on Ain al-Nuriyah-Khan Arnabeh Road
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Nine Israeli military vehicles entered Wadi al-Raqad in western Daraa countryside. Temporary checkpoint established on Ain al-Nuriyah-Khan Arnabeh road with pedestrians checked in Ma’riya area.
Raids in Quneitra
Israeli forces penetrated around midnight on Tuesday with more than 10 military vehicles into the village of Ma’riya in the western Rif Dimashq countryside south of Syria before withdrawing, according to Al-Ikhbariyah. Al-Ikhbariyah reported that Israeli occupation forces penetrated the western sector of Ma’riya village in the Yarmouk basin, raided several homes and searched them, before withdrawing toward the Jazira barracks. Syrian TV reported that Israeli forces renewed their assaults on Khan Arnabeh village in the Quneitra countryside southwest Syria and set up a temporary checkpoint on the Ain al-Nuriyah-Khan Arnabeh road to search pedestrians.
President Ahmad al-Shurou’ told the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly that Israel has carried out since late 2024 about 500 air and artillery strikes and more than 1,200 incursions and about 300 arrests and detentions. The Quneitra Governorate, adjacent to the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, witnessed repeated Israeli incursions including house and vehicle searches and the establishment of temporary military checkpoints, while Damascus demanded withdrawal to pre-December 8, 2024 lines and adherence to the 1974 disengagement agreement.
Wadi al-Raqad advance
Forces from the Israeli occupation army advanced into the Wadi al-Raqad area in western Daraa countryside on Friday and fired warning shots, according to Al Jazeera's correspondent. Muntasir Abu Nabut stated that the Israeli occupation army began firing live rounds to push away shepherds and their livestock from the border strip, noting that the occupation forces follow a policy of shooting to prevent anyone from approaching the border. Al-Ikhbariya television reported that Israeli military vehicles entered the Wadi al-Raqad area without providing further details about their movements, after Syrian media said the incursion involved nine military vehicles.
TRT World said the activity formed part of a wider pattern across southern Syria since the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime on December 8 2024, when Israel announced the collapse of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement and occupied the Syrian buffer zone and other areas. Damascus repeatedly demanded that Israel end its occupation and withdraw to the positions it held before December 8 2024 while reaffirming its commitment to the 1974 agreement.
Detention and escalation
ANHA reported that Israeli forces shell agricultural land in Quneitra Countryside and renewed assaults in the Quneitra countryside, while the same dispatch listed multiple incidents across Syria. ANHA also described an Israeli incursion into Daraa countryside, while it did not provide details on casualties in the Wadi al-Raqad segment. Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported that an Israeli force made an incursion on Friday into the Wadi al-Raqad area in the western countryside of Daraa and arrested a cattle herder during a sweep operation.
INA said local sources reported that the Israeli force comprised approximately nine military vehicles, advanced into Wadi al-Raqad, carried out sweep operations, and detained a cattle herder present in the area and took him to an unknown location. Al-Jazeera's correspondent earlier said the Wadi al-Raqad incursion came amid escalating Israeli violations of Syrian lands discussed by President Ahmad al-Shree’a (Ahmad al-Shreea) in his speech before the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.