Residents who spoke with Haaretz describe repeated IDF incursions into their villages in the Daraa and Quneitra governorates to conduct searches and set up roadblocks, with hundreds of raids reported in recent months. Locals say the pattern has intensified since 2024

Iran is sending a technical delegation to Qatar this week, yet the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this had 'no relation' to Trump sending his son-in-law, Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, and denied the two sides will meet