Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
by Feras Kilani
“On the morning of 9 May, I was part of a BBC Arabic team which left the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the southern province of Deraa. From there we planned to go to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. We wanted to get close to the Syrian territory that has been seized by the Israeli military since December …. We were a team of seven — myself (a British citizen), two Iraqi BBC staff, and four Syrians — three freelancers and one BBC cameraman. We were filming near one of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) observation posts, close to the town of al-Rafeed, when an official from the UN told us that the Israeli side had inquired about our identity and had been informed that we were a BBC crew.” (06/05/25)