Quneitra, July 31 (SANA)Israeli occupation forces advanced on Friday into the village of Bariqa in the southern countryside ofQuneitraprovince.

An Israeli occupation force consisting of three military vehicles set up a checkpoint inside the village and searched passersby. No arrests were reported, SANA’s correspondent in Quneitra said.

In the western countryside ofDaraa, SANA’s correspondent said Israeli occupation forces brought in engineering vehicles to widen a dirt road north of Wadi al-Raqqad near the village of Maariya in the Yarmouk Basin, a route used during their incursions into the area.

Earlier on Friday, anIsraeli occupationforce consisting of three military vehicles advanced into the vicinity of Ruwayhinah Dam in the northern countryside of Quneitra.