Israeli Forces Raid Southern Syria Villages, Shell Beit Jinn Outskirts

Israeli military forces entered the village of Bariqa in southern Quneitra near the Israeli border on August 27, 2026, according to Syrian state news agency SANA; an Israeli patrol separately entered Ras al-Ajraf in southern Quneitra countryside and searched homes, while another force raided a home in Taranja, northern Quneitra. Overnight into Thursday, Israeli forces also fired three artillery shells at the Batt al-Warda hill near Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside; no casualties or damage were reported. The incidents came days after Mossad chief Roman Gofman met Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani in an attempt to calm tensions following Israel's August 18 airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase.