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Visiting Syria, IDF chief says troop presence there is to ‘best protect ourselves’

By Emanuel Fabian 20 April 2025, 6:11 pm Edit

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

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) meets with the chief of the Northern Command, Maj, Gen. Ori Gordin and other officers in southern Syria, April 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) meets with the chief of the Northern Command, Maj, Gen. Ori Gordin and other officers in southern Syria, April 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visited southern Syria earlier today, where troops are deployed to nine army posts.

“We are holding key points and are at the frontier to best protect ourselves,” Zamir says during an assessment with the chief of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, and the commander of the 210th Bashan Regional Division, Brig. Gen. Yair Peli, according to the military.

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