IDF says it carried out dozens of ‘targeted raids’ in southern Syria in recent weeks

By Emanuel Fabian

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24 February 2025, 5:26 pm

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

IDF troops uncover a cache of weapons in southern Syria, in a handout photo published February 24, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says it has carried out dozens of “targeted raids” in southern Syria in recent weeks, during which troops captured weapons “which posed a threat to the security of the State of Israel and our forces.”

In one raid last week, the military says soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade located a cache of rifles, ammunition, and other military equipment left behind by the former Assad regime.

The IDF has described its presence in southern Syria’s buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, though Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that troops will remain deployed to nine army posts in the area “indefinitely.”