Israeli forces arrest arms dealer in southern Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday that their troops conducted overnight an operation in Quneitra Governorate, southern Syria, resulting in the arrest of an arms dealer in the village of Turnejeh.
The operation, carried out by Brigade 226 with support from field investigators in Israeli Military Intelligence’s Unit 504, followed intelligence leads and prior surveillance, according to the IDF.
The IDF added that the troops seized a quantity of weapons and military equipment during the raid, and the detainee is currently being interrogated as part of ongoing investigations.
Earlier that day, local sources told North Press that Israeli forces had withdrawn from the Quneitra countryside after detaining a young man, Kenan Bakr, during a raid and search of several homes in Turnejeh.
However, the IDF indicated that its forces remain deployed in the area “to block the entrenchment of terrorist elements in Syria and safeguard residents of Israel, particularly in the Golan Heights.”