Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria seized by Israeli forces

Israeli soldiers stand on an armoured vehicle after crossing the security fence along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria (Matias Delacroix/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the days since the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

It was apparently the first time a sitting Israeli leader had entered Syrian territory.