{"id":129084,"date":"2025-08-31T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=129084"},"modified":"2025-08-31T08:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:08:32","slug":"israeli-forces-establish-military-checkpoint-in-syrias-quneitra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#8217;s Quneitra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local sources told North Press that the checkpoint consisted of military jeeps and about 25 soldiers who were deployed in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forces set up the checkpoint along the main road linking Jbata al-Khashab with the town of Ofaniya, where they began stopping and searching civilian vehicles. Soldiers also inspected IDs of passersby and residents moving along the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sources added that the checkpoint remains in place at the time of reporting, though it is unclear whether the deployment will be permanent or temporary, as similar Israeli patrols and incursions have occurred in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, Israeli troops reportedly entered the village of al-A\u2019sha in the same countryside and carried out searches of several sites and homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Israeli army frequently conducts patrols and limited incursions along the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, citing security concerns over the presence of Iranian-backed groups and Hezbollah near its border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the 1974 disengagement agreement, the area has remained tense, with sporadic military activity and mutual accusations between Israel and the Syrian government over violations of the ceasefire line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent months have seen a noticeable increase in Israeli reconnaissance operations and temporary checkpoints inside Syrian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ihsan Mohammed&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Edited by Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria. Local sources told North Press that the checkpoint consisted of military jeeps and about 25 soldiers who were deployed in the area. The forces set up the checkpoint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":129085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-military-developments","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#039;s Quneitra<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#039;s Quneitra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-31T08:08:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-31T08:08:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"semav1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\"},\"headline\":\"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#8217;s Quneitra\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-31T08:08:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-31T08:08:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":239,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"Military and Security Developments\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/\",\"name\":\"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria's Quneitra\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-31T08:08:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-31T08:08:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Israeli soldiers in the village of Dawayeh al-Saghera in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria. - Syria Direct\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/129084\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#8217;s Quneitra\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\",\"name\":\"semav1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"semav1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/semav1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria's Quneitra","description":"QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria's Quneitra","og_description":"QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2025-08-31T08:08:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-31T08:08:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"semav1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"semav1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/"},"author":{"name":"semav1","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0"},"headline":"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#8217;s Quneitra","datePublished":"2025-08-31T08:08:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-31T08:08:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/"},"wordCount":239,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg","articleSection":["HOME","Military and Security Developments","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/","name":"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria's Quneitra","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-31T08:08:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-31T08:08:32+00:00","description":"QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army forces established on Sunday a military checkpoint east of the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Soldiers-from-the-Israeli-army-1-1.jpg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"Israeli soldiers in the village of Dawayeh al-Saghera in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria. - Syria Direct"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129084\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Israeli forces establish military checkpoint in Syria&#8217;s Quneitra"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0","name":"semav1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"semav1"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/semav1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129087,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129084\/revisions\/129087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}