🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- For the past four to five days, southern Syria has seen intense Israeli military activity. Waves of transport helicopters have been landing in Druze-held As-Suwaida, under cover from Israeli fighter jets and drones. Some of this jet movement has been misidentified as Israeli simulations and exercises against Iran. In the last 48 hours, the Druze National Guard has sealed off Tal al-Qleib, Jabal al-Arab’s fourth-highest peak, barring civilians from approaching it or photographing the surrounding area. Tal al-Qleib was a former Syrian air defence radar base, heavily bombed by Israel in October 2024 during Assad's era, and hit again as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept into Damascus. Its fortifications are still intact, with the site being surveyed by Israeli Druze. Syrian sources claim, though unconfirmed, that Israel has flown advanced weapons systems onto the summit, including radars. The view from the top commands a look of over 40 km, across most of the Hauran plain, including the former Syrian army 5th Division base at Izra’, Dara'a province. An advanced radar there would also give Israel early warnings of Iranian ballistic missiles coming in from the east. Over the past few days, multiple Israeli and Syrian outlets have reported that the Druze National Guard are preparing for a possible offensive against the Syrian government. While a march on Damascus looks very unlikely, a push west, down onto the Hauran plain towards Dara'a, is entirely possibility. Map key: Purple: Israeli-controlled southern Syria post-Assad. Green: Damascus-controlled Syria. Blue: Druze National Guard (Israeli + UAE backed). Rerum Novarum’s proprietary maps are now available at MINIMAP.TECHNOLOGY