Israel's "Settlers of Bashan" movement: "Bulldoze Daraa"
Source: https://x.com/i/status/2072323073382998275
Original post text:
השבוע היו דיווחים רבים על "חיכוך" בין תושבי הכפר הסוני עאבּדין לבין צה"ל, כולל שימוש בנשק חם כלפי חיילינו!
הכפר הזה מרוחק רק 2 ק"מ מקו הגבול הישן!
כעת ברור שרצועת ביטחון עם כפרי אויב בתוכה זה מודל בטחוני גרוע. זה הזמן לזרבב את כפרי הסונים בבשן ולהחליף אותם בהתיישבות יהודית! 🏡🇮🇱
Translation:
This week, there were numerous reports of "friction" between the residents of the Sunni village of Abidin and the IDF—including the use of live fire against our soldiers! This village is located just 2 km from the old border line! It is now clear that a security zone containing enemy villages within it is a flawed security model. It is time to clear out the Sunni villages in the Bashan region and replace them with Jewish settlements! 🏡🇮🇱
Israeli occupation forces opened fire on the Al-Ikhbariya news team during their incursion into the village of Abidin in the western Daraa countryside
Tensions continue in S. Syria amid recent surge in raids carried out by Israeli soldiers in Yarmuk Basin (W. Daraa). Residents of 2 raided villages blocked a road with stones, prompting Israeli troops to fire warning shots.
since last night, there's an unusual Israeli military activity in Yarmuk Basin (W. Daraa). Israeli soldiers carried out several raids in the border villages and established a position on a hill, where they erected several tents.
Report: Israeli officials lobby Washington over proposed Turkey-Saudi trade corridor
middleeastmonitor.comAccording to suwayda24 sources, Hijri complained that external financial support has decreased in past months, while funding from his backers & Druze expatriates in the UAE has stopped. As salaries weren't paid, some fighters reportedly left Hijri's militias.
x.comSyrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Lebanon
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Today, the situation in Lebanon requires joint solutions, and it is entirely possible to rely on Syria in the search for a security path toward a solution.
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But this does not mean war, nor does it mean a return to the previous image of Syrian tutelage during the former regime's era in Lebanon.
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Rather, it means supporting the Lebanese state, strengthening its institutions, and building channels of communication among the political parties and active forces in Lebanon, including Hezbollah, in search of a security solution that everyone can accept.
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Source: Clash report
Israeli Minister Amichai Shikli: "We will be at war with Syria sooner or later - it and Turkey are a much more disturbing event than Iran" @gonycohen @ohadh1
x.comAmit Halevi submit the bill: "Golan Heights Bill (Amendment - Applying Sovereignty to Areas Under Israeli Control at the End of the Yom Kippur War), 5776-2025" to formally annex mount hermon and the buffer zone
The Settlers of Bashan movement meet with more members of Israel's Knesset this week to build more support to occupy southern Syria
They met: Minister Amichai Eliyahu, and MKs Ariel Kellner, Amit Halevi, Kreuzer, Sukkot, Son-Har Melech, Vaturi, Moshe Saada, Tali Gottlieb, Rothman, Bismuth, Avi Maoz, Avichai Boaron, Afif Abed, Osher Shekalim, Pindarus, Vogel, and many others
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Syria taps CMA CGM for free zone dry port operations
bairdmaritime.comA special investigation by the Sijil Center reveals how the al-Bashan Movement is building a network of influence within the Israel to support its agenda.
sijil-sy.orgIn Iraqi Desert, Two Israeli Outposts Were Kept Secret for Months
Original paywalled article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/europe/israel-iraq-iran-bases.html
The Syrian Embassy in Morocco was officially reopened.
Syria also officially support the moroccan stance on western Sahara. There are hundreds of polisario fighters that fought with assad in syrian prisons ( https://dawnmena.org/foreign-combatants-and-transitional-justice-the-expanding-case-of-polisario-fighters-detained-in-post-assad-syria/ )
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https://x.com/i/status/2054968731592224926
Tensions have escalated between residents of the town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights and an Israeli company operating wind turbines. According to the Hebrew-language Kan channel, eight Israelis were injured after residents set fire to the company’s vehicles.
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