In Syria, it was reported that the Israeli military entered a number of settlements in Quneitra.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered a number of settlements in the Syrian province of Quneitra and set up checkpoints. This was reported by the Syrian SANA news agency on Saturday, August 9.

"According to a correspondent of the SANA news agency in Quneitra, 10 four-wheel drive vehicles with soldiers entered from the Tal Ahmar base to the west towards the Brega-Kudna road, setting up a checkpoint," the publication says.

It was also reported that 10 vehicles carrying Israeli military personnel arrived in the village of Ruwayhina in the central countryside of Quneitra. Five cars were seen in the city of Rafid. The newspaper also reported that an Israeli patrol appeared in the central part of the province, in which, in addition to cars, two tanks were seen.

According to the newspaper, IDF soldiers searched civilians at the checkpoint.

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A meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Damascus is scheduled for the evening of July 17.

Earlier, on August 3, it was reported that the IDF had taken control of a site in Quneitra province in southern Syria and turned one of the captured buildings into its new outpost.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on July 21 that Israel was using the conflict with Syria to occupy the region. On July 25, the country's Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, pointed out Israel's unwillingness to restore stability and security in Syria.

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