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Tensions are once again flaring up in the Golan Heights area, on the contact line between Syrian and Israeli forces.
Late on August 3, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) struck several targets in the Syrian province of Quneitra. According to the IDF, the strikes hit observation posts, intelligence collection systems, anti-aircraft artillery and command and control systems of the Syrian Armed Forces. The Syrian state media reported that Syrian forces intercepted several missiles, while the impact of the rest of them caused only material damage.
A day earlier, on August 2, the IDF claimed that it had neutralized 4 gunmen that were trying to plant an IED on the security fence on the contact line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the government-controlled part of Syria.
Soldiers from the Maglan special forces unit and unspecified aircraft opened fire at the four suspects, some of whom were armed, killing them all, IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman said. The spokesman said the military did not yet know which military or group the men belonged to, but Israeli media as always blamed Iran and Hezbollah.
Clashes also resumed with a new energy between the Syrian Army and Turkish-backed militant groups, first of all Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), in southern Idlib and northern Lattakia. According to pro-government sources, the escalation began with a series of intense strikes on positions of the army in southern Idlib.
