Israeli forces fired two artillery shells at the outskirts of Abidin village in western Daraa province early on September 22, with shrapnel reaching civilian homes, SANA reported.

The shells struck the Yarmouk Basin area, while four illumination rounds were fired over the area, according to local sources. No casualties were reported.

The shelling followed several Israeli attacks in western Daraa on September 21. Around seven artillery shells struck the outskirts of Abidin, Maariyah and Al-Arida, killing about 15 goats and causing material losses to livestock owners, according to SANA.

Israeli forces also shelled the Abidin and Al-Raqad valleys and the outskirts of Jamlah village, while opening fire from a position along the 1974 Syria-Israel disengagement line towards Abidin.

In neighbouring Quneitra province, Israeli forces also raided and searched homes in Al-Rafid village on September 22, according to Al Jazeera. The incidents add to a series of Israeli military operations reported in southern Syria in recent weeks.

Separately, Syria is investigating explosions at an army ammunition depot near Al-Eis in southern Aleppo province on September 21. The blasts injured four people, sent projectiles into surrounding areas and prompted the evacuation of nearby residents and the closure of roads leading to the site.

The Defence Ministry has not identified a cause or attributed the explosions to an external attack. Reuters reported that the Al-Eis incident was the fourth explosion at a Syrian military storage site this month, following deadly incidents in Idlib and Deir Ezzor.

The possibility of an Israeli role was raised by Syrian security and strategic affairs expert Brig Gen Mohammad al-Baqaei, who told Syria TV that the scale of the explosions suggested possible external action. He said unidentified aircraft could have targeted the depot and suggested they could have been Israeli. However, he provided no evidence establishing an Israeli strike, and Syrian authorities have not accused Israel of involvement.

The speculation comes amid a wider pattern of unexplained explosions at Syrian military and ammunition sites. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five such incidents had been recorded in September by September 21 and that it had documented 17 explosions involving weapons and ammunition across Syria since early 2025. It said the causes of several incidents remained unclear.

Israel has previously acknowledged strikes against Syrian military infrastructure, including weapons depots, since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. Previous Israeli strikes have contributed to speculation over the cause of the Al-Eis blast, but do not establish a connection to the latest explosion.

The 1974 Syria-Israel Disengagement Agreement established separation lines and a buffer zone monitored by the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Damascus has repeatedly called for Israeli forces to withdraw from Syrian territory.

An Israeli role in the Al-Eis explosion remains unconfirmed, while the cause of the blast is under investigation.