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Israeli troops arrested arms dealer in southern Syria, says IDF
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
IDF troops operate in southern Syria in a handout photo cleared for publication on August 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces says troops arrested an arms dealer overnight in the southern Syrian village of Trinjeh, inside the Syrian buffer zone.
The raid was conducted by the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade, with support from field investigators in Military Intelligence’s Unit 504. The arrest followed intelligence leads and prior surveillance, the military says. Weapons discovered in the area were seized, and the suspect was taken in for questioning.
According to the IDF, forces remain deployed in the sector to block the entrenchment of terrorist elements in Syria and safeguard residents of Israel, particularly in the Golan Heights.
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