Syrian Buffer Zone

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PM Netanyahu visits buffer zone in Syria

Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the buffer zone in Syria where he held a security discussion and met with troops.

Four IDF soldiers wounded by old Syrian munition in Hermon

Four IDF soldiers were lightly wounded when an old Syrian grenade exploded during a weapons search in the Hermon region; the army says the incident is under investigation.

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Israel, Syria cooperate to prevent escalation in border region

Security forces return to towns near buffer zone under conditional agreement to prevent further attacks on Israeli territory, after recent rocket fire prompted Israeli airstrikes.

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IDF Chief of Staff tours Syrian buffer zone

IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir visited and conducted a situational assessment in the buffer zone in Syria together with commanders.

Message from the troops:

'Shabbat Shalom from frozen Syria!'

Soldiers from Battalion 8551 operating on Mount Hermon at the Syrian border sent a video from the snow-covered mountain.

50 years later:

Part of crashed IDF helicopter found on Mt. Hermon

IDF soldiers found the rotor of Super Hornet 017, which crashed on the slopes of Mt. Hermon in 1974, shortly before the area was relinquished to the Syrians.

Footage from the buffer zone:

IDF seizes Syrian tank and weapons

A brigade-level operation has concluded on the peak of Mount Hermon in the Buffer Zone. Forces located a Syrian army outpost containing a cache of weapons.

US official backs Israeli operations in Syrian territory

A US administration official expressed support for Israel's advance into Syrian territory telling Kan News: 'No nation can tolerate terror groups being right on their doorstep'

Turkish PM: Syria a 'Terrorist State'

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan labeled the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad a 'terrorist state” that massacres its own people.