The Israeli military announced on Sunday that it had conducted a ground raid in Syria, detaining a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. This was the first time in the current war that Israel announced that its troops were operating in Syria. This was reported by AP, according to UNN.
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It is noted that over the past year, Israel has carried out airstrikes in Syria several times, targeting members of Lebanese Hezbollah and officials from Iran, a close ally of both Hezbollah and Syria. But it has not previously made public information about ground operations in Syria.
The Israeli military said that the capture was part of a special operation “that has been carried out in recent months,” although it did not say when exactly it happened.
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The pro-government Syrian radio station Sham FM reported on Sunday that Israeli forces conducted a “kidnapping operation” over the summer, targeting a man in the south of the country.
The army identified the captured man as Ali Soleiman al-Assi, saying he lives in the southern Syrian region of Saida. The IDF says the man had been under military surveillance for months and was involved in Iranian initiatives aimed at the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the Syrian border.