Is Syria next in Israel's crosshairs after Quneitra incursion?
Israel has seized farmland in Syria's southern Quneitra province, which could become part of Israel's 'Sufa 53' road project. | Israel has invaded and bulldozed farmland in parts of Syria's Quneitra province, following the withdrawal of a Russian monitoring force in the area with fears it might be attempting to annex the whole of the strategically important Golan Heights. ● Israeli troops left parts of the Golan already occupied by Israel into Syrian territory close to the town of Kodna, in the southern Quneitra countryside, local sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, The New Arab's Arabic-language service. ● Bulldozers joined the Israeli invasion force and levelled 1,000 metres by 500 metres of farmland, including olive groves, and sealed it with barbed wire in a bid to "annex" the Syrian territory, Ayman Abo Muhammed Horani, spokesman for Horan Free Media, a monitor covering events in southern Syria, said. Israel has illegally occupied parts of the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967.