{"id":16485,"date":"2025-04-25T09:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16485"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:44:27","slug":"israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/25\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Silent Advance in Syria: A New Occupation in Disguise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-While Gaza burns and the Palestinian resistance is drained in an uneven war, Israel quietly moves inside Syrian territory with a steady, long-term plan\u2014raising serious questions about Syrian sovereignty and the region\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"835\">Multiple reports reveal that Israel has taken control of 145 square miles within what is known as the \u201cbuffer zone\u201d in southern Syria, establishing nine new military posts and directly supporting local alliances along the border, under the pretext of \u201cprotecting minorities,\u201d especially the Druze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"1062\">What was once considered a red line has now become a reality. Israel no longer just monitors the borders\u2014it penetrates, builds bases, and redraws military geography, extending all the way to the outskirts of Damascus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16479\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa.jpg\" alt=\"Israel's quiet advance in Syria sees it take 145 square miles and build 9 military bases\u2014while Damascus remains silent.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmad Al-Sharaa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"59\"><strong data-start=\"22\" data-end=\"59\">A Silent Redrawing of Syria\u2019s Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1360\">In contrast, the new Syrian government under President Ahmad al-Sharaa remains nearly silent\u2014no condemnation, no warning shots, not even harsh rhetoric. Analysts view this silence as a troubling signal of implicit normalization with the occupation\u2019s presence deep within Syrian territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1665\">More alarming is Israel\u2019s justification for these moves: sometimes it&#8217;s about combating \u201cglobal jihad,\u201d other times it&#8217;s framed as internal protection following the October 7 attacks, or even preemptive action against Turkish influence in the north\u2014opening the door to expansion with no clear limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1928\">From Lebanon to Gaza to Syria, Israel is now following a familiar strategy: repeat invasions in the name of security. Analysts liken it to the 1980s in Lebanon\u2014a quiet extension, undeclared aggression, and the seeds of a future war of attrition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"2107\">This time, though, the occupation doesn\u2019t need daily bombings or tank invasions\u2014just the silence of regimes, complicit inaction, and media distraction by other wars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2109\" data-end=\"2278\">So, are Syrians witnessing the birth of a \u201cnew neighbor,\u201d or will they finally recognize this as a soft occupation cloaked in security geography and local alliances?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2280\" data-end=\"2373\">And will they continue watching silently from beneath, while their map is redrawn from above?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-While Gaza burns and the Palestinian resistance is drained in an uneven war, Israel quietly moves inside Syrian territory with a steady, long-term plan\u2014raising serious questions about Syrian sovereignty and the region\u2019s future. Multiple reports reveal that Israel has taken control of 145 square miles within what is known as the \u201cbuffer zone\u201d in southern &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[4295,116,67,4594],"class_list":["post-16485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-druze","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-syria","tag-syrian-territory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel\u2019s Silent Advance in Syria: A New Occupation in Disguise? - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israel&#039;s quiet advance in Syria sees it take 145 square miles and build 9 military bases\u2014while Damascus remains silent.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/25\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel\u2019s Silent Advance in Syria: A New Occupation in Disguise?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israel&#039;s quiet advance in Syria sees it take 145 square miles and build 9 military bases\u2014while Damascus remains silent.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/25\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/923270471088402\/user\/100074635500826\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-25T09:44:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/09.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Salim Hanafi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SKkhatib1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Salim Hanafi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Salim Hanafi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8a7cc360946c1ad763b476206c17e4e\"},\"headline\":\"Israel\u2019s Silent Advance in Syria: A New Occupation in Disguise?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-25T09:44:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/09.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Druze\",\"Israeli Occupation\",\"Syria\",\"Syrian territory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/israels-silent-advance-in-syria-a-new-occupation-in-disguise\\\/\",\"name\":\"Israel\u2019s Silent Advance in Syria: A New Occupation in Disguise? 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