Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his army controls positions in southern Lebanon, where they will remain. "We currently control five positions in the south, and we will remain stationed there,” he said.

Israeli jets conducted several raids on former Syrian army barracks and outposts in the southern Daraa province on Monday in the latest string of strikes targeting the country's military infrastructure,

The air force attacked radars and detection equipment, as well as military headquarters and sites containing weapons belonging to the Syrian regime in southern Syria last night, the military announced Tuesday morning.