Several arms-smuggling suspects were apprehended during targeted raids on former Assad regime commando outposts.
(Aug. 21, 2025 / JNS) Israeli troops seized more than 300 weapons and detained several individuals suspected of involvement in arms trading and smuggling during a targeted raid on commando outposts of the former Syrian regime on Wednesday.
The operation took place on the slopes of Mount Hermon in southern Syria, part of ongoing military activities near the border with Israel’s Golan Heights since the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of the new Sunni Islamist regime in Damascus.
The suspects apprehended and questioned were engaged in weapons trading and smuggling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, according to the IDF.