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Several weeks ago, the commander of the “210th Division” of the Israeli army, Major General Roman Goffman, considered that “the greatest threat to the Israeli army in the Golan region today is Lebanese Hezbollah.” The commander of the division known as the “League of Fire” located in the occupied Golan for many years, in a statement to the Russian agency “Tass”, said that “the greatest danger is to build a front of Iran and Hezbollah in the south of Syria against Israel “, adding:” This is the main danger (…) is in fact that Iran and Hezbollah infiltrate the region and strengthen their positions there constantly and continuously. “
Also last month, the “Alma” Research and Education Center published a report stating that the presence of “Hezbollah” in southern Syria “is much greater than previously disclosed.” He said that “Hezbollah has about 58 sites, 28 of which are for the Southern Command. For the party, and 30 of the Golan Project.” The report added that these sites in the Quneitra and Daraa governorates “constitute a qualitative basis for Hezbollah’s activities, in terms of intelligence gathering and operational planning, “which” poses a continuing challenge for Israel and the region. “
Building the Southern Front
The Israeli enemy is not satisfied with pumping out information about the state of the northern front and the southern region of Syria, but is carrying out high-frequency military measures in an attempt to prevent the formation of a strong military structure in Syria and its allies. , on the borders with the occupied Golan. About two weeks ago, the enemy announced the discovery of improvised explosive devices (somewhat similar to television devices) placed on the occupied lands in the Rafid area, near a former border crossing located on the “isolation line” between Quneitra and the occupied Golan, and not far from the “El-Reid” settlement. “Israel. Approximately two days later, and in response to what the enemy discovered, Israeli warplanes launched an aerial bombardment campaign against the office of the brigade commander in the Syrian Army’s 7th Division in the city of Sa`sa. , which resulted in no casualties. The enemy also targeted a field occupied by Iranian military advisers and used to train members of the Syrian National Defense (an auxiliary force of the Syrian army), in the Ghassaniyeh area, near the Damascus airport. As usual, enemy aircraft also attacked air defense platforms belonging to the Syrian army, when they tried to counter enemy missiles.
A senior military source in the Syrian army explains that “the target points have no direct bearing on the issue of improvised explosive devices. Rather, they are targets previously listed by the enemy’s army and it is targeting them continuously and periodically. , and we take some previous measures to avoid human losses “. In recent raids about a week ago, Israeli warplanes attacked regular army positions at Jabal Al-Mani`, and a training ground belonging to the First Corps in the town of Umm Al-Awamid, near Al-Kiswah, south of Damascus, plus a weapons shop in the village of Ruhaina, near Quneitra.
Shortly before, the enemy carried out a series of similar attacks, against military centers belonging to the Fifth Division, in addition to two military vehicles belonging to the “112th Brigade” in Tal al-Jabiya, which is located west of the city of Nawa, in the northwestern Daraa countryside, which is a strategic high ridge overlooking much of the Golan front. But this time the message was clearer, as the enemy launched direct threats to the senior officers of the First Syrian Army Corps, through the WhatsApp program, from a Cypriot number, saying: “Hezbollah and the Iranians are exploiting you for work. on the borders against Israel, and you are responsible, and you will not. You are far from our answers. “An important source from the southern region notes:” This is the first time that such a measure has been recorded in the region. After the enemy tried to threaten the media, leaking the names of the resistance leaders who, according to him, are working against him on the Golan front, here he is today sending messages. A direct threat to Syrian army officers, who claim they are cooperating with the resistance forces.
The relationship between Army officers deployed in the region and allied advisers is “excellent.”
Despite this, the relationship between the army officers deployed in the region and the advisers of the allies is “excellent”, according to the description of an interested source, who explains that “a very good and solid relationship has developed between the two parts as a result of years of fighting side by side. ” The source added that senior Syrian army officers read the scene well in the southern region and appreciated the value of the presence of the allied forces in it alongside them. At the same time, they are aware of the magnitude of the Israeli threat, but they see the effectiveness of the “deterrent system” formed by the presence of resistance forces in the region.
One of the “allies” concerned about the file in the southern region affirms, in turn, “the serious concern of the resistance for the maximum safety of the officers and members of the Syrian army.” It also affirms “the continued and close cooperation with the Syrian army forces deployed in the region, and the failure of all efforts to differentiate those who fought together during the war years.” For more than a year, the Syrian army has been carrying out a military restructuring project for the occupied Golan Front, which has been badly affected by the eight-year war. The First Corps carries out the main tasks in this context, in cooperation with forces allied with Damascus. Likewise, the army, in cooperation with the allies, is carrying out a process of rehabilitation of the combat infrastructure in the region, through which new training camps and military points are being established along the borders with the Golan. occupied, and recent Israeli raids have targeted several of them.
According to the same source, “the joint military projects with the Syrian army on the southern front (the Golan) did not start recently, but years ago, and are medium and long-term projects, which are a natural right of the State and the army. Syrian, and they will never stop, and they are already in advanced stages. ” . In response to a question about the presence of resistance elements in the south, the source states that they are “present in accordance with the requirements of the plans, but what is being done there is a Syrian front with Syrian fighters who have the will and the right to defend their country and liberate the occupier. ”
Relative calm
In contrast to the state of “anxiety” that prevails in the border area stretching from the southern countryside of Damascus, through Quneitra, to the western countryside of Daraa, the southern region in general has experienced a state of relative calm in the last months, since the frequency of security problems, which were mainly among the Fifth Corps, decreased. Supported by Russia and elements of the armed factions that rejected the settlement. A few weeks ago, there were some problems in the Al-Shajarah village in the Yarmouk basin, west of Daraa, “but they were solved after the murder of an officer and a soldier of the Syrian army,” according to security sources, confirming that “fears persist of killing army soldiers, especially officers.” Especially those who work in the areas under the influence of the southern factions (settlement areas) ”.
Settlements continue to boom in the southern region under the auspices of the Russian side, which, despite numerous obstacles and mobile problems, insists on completing them. The most prominent aspect of the settlement is Ahmed al-Awda, a former leader of the southern factions, who today leads the basic efforts in the settlements, enjoys great activity and has a presence and influence among militants in the south. Just as Al-Awda carries out the settlement efforts, it also carries out the tasks of suppressing the armed groups that reject the settlements and remain outside the Russian mantle. The Russian military police move freely and with an excess of a sense of security in the southern region (their members roam the markets and participate in local events), after their settlements spread to most of the region, and most of the factions submitted either to their authority or to agreements and covenants with them.
