Local sources report an Israeli operation in Kiswa, where six soldiers were killed by Israeli drones strikes a day before.
Published On 27 Aug 2025
Israeli forces have conducted a series of strikes on a former army barracks in Kiswa, southwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to Syria’s state-run al-Ekhbariya TV.
Video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency showed Israeli aircraft attacking sites in the village on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a Syrian military source told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army carried out a landing operation in the barracks with the use of four helicopters.
According to the source, the Israeli army brought in dozens of soldiers and an unspecified amount of search equipment as it spent more than two hours at the site.
No clashes took place between the Israeli forces involved in the landing and the Syrian army forces.
The operation came a day after an Israeli drone strike killed six soldiers near Kiswa, and as Syrian officials in the government of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa have increasingly accused Israel of seeking to expand its control in the region.
In a statement on Wednesday, Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the strike “a gross violation of international