IDF confirms strike in southern Syria, said it targeted weapons convoy near buffer zone

By Emanuel Fabian

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15 January 2025, 7:15 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The IDF confirms carrying out an airstrike in southern Syria earlier today, after saying it identified a convoy of vehicles with weapons on them near a buffer zone where Israeli troops are deployed.

According to the military, the drone strike was launched near the vehicles as a warning shot, and they dispersed shortly after.

According to Syrian media, the strike killed the mayor of Ghadir al-Bustan, the village where the strike took place, along with several military officers from the new Syrian government.

The military officers had been in the area to remove weapons from positions belonging to the former Assad regime’s army, according to the Syrian media reports.