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<\/p>\nTurkiye has condemned Israel\u2019s attacks in Syria, calling them a violation of international law.<\/p>\n
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A man stands near an unexploded artillery shell that fell during an overnight Israeli attack that hit the village of Abdin in Syria’s southwestern Deraa province, close to the occupied Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026 [File: AFP]<\/p>\n
The Syrian government has condemned overnight Israeli attacks in southern Syria, as residents near the occupied Golan Heights were forced to flee their homes.<\/p>\n
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday firmly condemned \u201cthe Israeli aggressions\u201d, calling them \u201ca flagrant violation of Syria\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity\u201d.<\/p>\n
The latest attack took place on Sunday in Abdin, a village in western Deraa province, where residents attempted to block the advance of an Israeli army unit.<\/p>\n
Israeli forces then fired shells close to civilian homes, with families fleeing to neighbouring villages during the night.<\/p>\n
\u201cShells [then] fell near the houses,\u201d Mahmoud Mouaffak, a village notable, told AFP.<\/p>\n
Israeli forces withdrew, allowing \u201ca return to calm and the return of residents on Monday morning\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
An AFP photographer saw one resident inspecting an unexploded shell close to his home.<\/p>\n
Growing Israeli attacks<\/p>\n
Israel has intensified its attacks and incursions into southern Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government in late 2024. <\/p>\n
It has moved troops into the United Nations-monitored buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1967, and deeper inside Syrian territory.<\/p>\n
Israel has intensified military operations in Deraa and Quneitra in recent weeks. The Syrian Sijil Center, which monitors Israeli activity in Syria, recorded nearly 300 operations or violations by Israel in Deraa and Quneitra in June, including 107 incursions and raids.<\/p>\n
Israel said on Sunday that it had killed \u201cseveral armed terrorists\u201d a day earlier, without giving a number, specifying the location or any evidence.<\/p>\n
Israel routinely describes Syrians resisting its occupation as \u201cterrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Israeli leaders have openly boasted of their plans to maintain and expand their military occupation beyond the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n
On Thursday last week, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel intended to keep its troops in the sector it occupies in Syria \u201cfor an indefinite period\u201d, as it has done in Lebanon and Gaza.<\/p>\n
Israel captured most of the Golan Heights during the 1967 war with several Arab states, before illegally annexing the territory in 1981. The move was rejected by most of the international community. <\/p>\n
The Israeli assaults in southern Syria are viewed as creating instability in the country, which is still recovering from 13 years of war. Turkiye, which is considered close to the current Syrian government, condemned Israel\u2019s latest attacks on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe strongly condemn the Israeli attacks on Quneitra and Deraa, which violate the territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty of Syria. These attacks, which trample on the lives and property of the Syrian people and make life for civilians in the region increasingly difficult, constitute a flagrant violation of international law,\u201d the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe reiterate our call to the international community to fulfil its obligations and put an end to these attacks,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
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