Overview

• State media in Damascus reported six Syrian soldiers killed in a drone strike on Kiswa on Tuesday, while a Defense Ministry official put the toll at three.
• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two strikes hit a military site and rescue workers responding to the first blast, causing additional casualties.
• On Thursday Syrian outlets and the Observatory reported Israeli troops rappelled from helicopters onto a former airbase south of Damascus and later withdrew, and Israel offered no comment.
• Damascus also said earlier this week that Israel sent about 60 soldiers into Syrian territory near Mount Hermon, which Israel described as a routine operation.
• The flare-up follows recent Paris talks between Syrian and Israeli delegations under U.S. mediation on potential de-escalation, as Israeli officials signal continued backing for Syria’s Druze community.