Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)

On 8 December 2024, after the fall of the Assad regime, Israel's armored units entered Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. They came in through the central countryside of the Quneitra Governorate with artillery fire.

After the fall of Damascus, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that since the Syrian Arab Army had left its positions, the 1974 border agreement with Syria was not active anymore. They did this to prevent any possible threat in Syria and Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to take over the Purple Line.

The Israeli Air Force and Navy began strikes on military targets across Syria in an operation named Operation Bashan Arrow.

An Israeli invasion has been going on since December 8, 2024. On that day, the Syrian Army (left or) abandoned its positions along the Purple Line (a buffer area). Israel then invaded the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israeli forces continued into Syria.  Places (in Syria) with military equipment of  the Syrian Army, were bombed from the air. As of 2025's first quarter, Israeli forces control some Syrian settlements along the border.

Israel has built outposts and military bases within the Purple Line (or the  UNDOF buffer area); Near Jubata al-Khashab (map) and surrounding villages, that happened (February 2025).
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Category:December 2024 events
Category:2024 in Syria
Category:January 2025 events
Category:February 2025 events