Syria slams new Israeli incursion in southern Daraa province
Key takeaways
- The Israeli military has conducted at least 70 incursions into southern Syria this month alone, according to the local NGO Sijil.
- State media and a local official said Israeli forces later responded with artillery fire, prompting residents to flee to nearby villages overnight.
- It has also carried out repeated incursions deeper into Syrian territory, as well as bombings, and says it wants a demilitarised zone in the country's south.
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The Syrian foreign ministry on Monday condemned Israeli incursions and bombardment in the country's south a day after Israeli forces advanced into the village of Abidin, where angry residents tried to block the road with stones to stop the patrol. The Israeli military has conducted at least 70 incursions into southern Syria this month alone, according to the local NGO Sijil.
By: FRANCE 24 A man speaks with a child while sitting near an unexploded artillery shell that fell during reported overnight Israeli bombardment that hit the village of Abidin in Syria's southwestern Daraa province, close to the Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026. © AFP, Sam Hariri Damascus on Monday condemned Israeli incursions and bombardment in the country's south a day after violence near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that state media and locals said caused residents to briefly flee.
Tensions rose on Sunday in the village of Abidin in the Yarmuk Basin area in the southern province of Daraa after Israeli forces advanced into the area, with angry residents trying to block the road with stones to stop the patrol.