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IOF establish permanent posts along Syria 'disengagement line': Source

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  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 21 Dec 2024 22:14
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"Israel" has set up seven permanent military positions along the "disengagement line" in southern Syria, including strategic points overseeing Damascus and its suburbs.

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  • An Israeli occupation Air Force Black Hawk helicopter flies over Mount Hermon near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
    An Israeli occupation Air Force Black Hawk helicopter flies over Mount Hermon near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)

Israeli occupation forces have indiscriminately opened fire toward the al-Hamidiyah and al-Hurriya forests in the Quneitra countryside, local sources told Al Mayadeen amid movements the IOF suspected near the "disengagement line".

This comes in light of the IOF having established seven permanent positions throughout the buffer zone along the line, which stretches across the rural areas of Damascus, Daraa, and Quneitra.

The positions are as follows: Hermon 1, Hermon 2, and the Beit Jinn Gap on the slopes of Mount Sheikh in the southwestern rural area of Damascus; Qurs al-Nafal Hill, west of Hader in northern Quneitra; Kassarat Jubat al-Khashab in northern Quneitra; the 74th barracks in southern Quneitra; and the al-Jazeera barracks at the Syrian-Jordanian border in the Yarmouk Basin in western Daraa.

Points 1 and 2 in Mount Hermon provide a strategic vantage point, overlooking the capital Damascus and its entire western suburbs. 

To date, "Israel" has completely occupied nearly 500 square kilometers of southern Syria, demolishing all Syrian military sites on the slopes of Mount Hermon and the hills of Quneitra and Daraa.

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The incident unfolded during a demonstration against the Israeli military presence and its encroachment on agricultural lands in the area.

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