Israeli incursion in southern Syrian town rattles villagers
A girl walks through the village of Abdin, Daraa province, Syria, Monday, June 29, as other residents look on. Residents of Abdin, located near a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone now controlled by Israeli troops, tried to resist against a military incursion Sunday.Residents said Israeli troops fired warnings shots at walls and between the angry protesters, before firing artillery rounds at the village. No one was harmed in the exchange, but most residents fled, and most were still too afraid to return on Monday.
- ▪A girl walks through the village of Abdin, Daraa province, Syria, Monday, June 29, as other residents look on.
- ▪Residents of Abdin, located near a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone now controlled by Israeli troops, tried to resist against a military incursion Sunday.Residents said Israeli troops fired warnings shots at walls and between the angry protesters
- ▪No one was harmed in the exchange, but most residents fled, and most were still too afraid to return on Monday.
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A girl walks through the village of Abdin, Daraa province, Syria, Monday, June 29, as other residents look on. AP-YonhapABDIN, Syria — As Israeli troops and vehicles entered the town of Abdin in southern Syria, residents blocked the roads with rocks, and some young men and boys threw stones to push back the military patrol.Tensions in this part of the country created by a buffer zone occupied by Israeli forces have flared into violence in recent days, leaving residents anxious that more escalation is coming.
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