Before withdrawing from it, the Israeli occupation army wreaked havoc in the city of Salam (formerly Al-Baath) in the Syrian province of Quneitra, which it penetrated after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Anadolu Agency correspondent reported that the Israeli army withdrew on Sunday from the governorate headquarters, the court building in the city of Salam, and other areas of the governorate.

The photos show that the Israeli army destroyed the governorate building, the court and its equipment, and burned the papers.

He also burned cars, wrote Hebrew graffiti on the walls of buildings, and bulldozed the area surrounding the courthouse and the governorate headquarters before withdrawing.

In a statement to Anadolu Agency, Jad Allah Hamoud, a resident of Khan Arnabeh town in Quneitra, said, "The Israeli occupation forces used the governorate headquarters and the court building as a strategic point."

Hamoud explained that the allegations about the presence of Iranian forces and Hezbollah elements in the region are baseless.

He said that the court contained official documents of the people of the region in addition to documents of old cases.

He pointed out that the level of vandalism in the court building was great, and said that official documents were scattered in the streets.

He added: "This is systematic destruction by the occupation. It is no wonder that those who killed children in Gaza practice such terrorism and occupation in the court and the governorate headquarters."

Coinciding with the collapse of the Baath regime on December 8, after ruling the country for 61 years, the Israeli army intensified its attacks in Syria.

The Israeli army began destroying the infrastructure and military sites of the collapsed regime, and expanded its occupation of the occupied Golan Heights.

As it advanced into the buffer zone surrounding the Golan, the Israeli army deepened its occupation of Quneitra to within 25 kilometers of the capital, Damascus.