Syria
This picture shows Israeli military forces driving in the buffer zone with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights, on December 11, 2024. Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Israeli military on Thursday launched its latest round of strikes against military warehouses belonging to the former Syrian regime in Latakia and Tartous provinces, a war monitor reported, as part of its ongoing plan to prevent rebels from seizing them.
“Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes targeting the port of Latakia, Dahr al-Zuba in Baniyas, and military warehouses of the former regime in Dahr Safra in Tartous countryside, which caused missiles to explode at the site and launch randomly,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.
Israel has carried out over 350 airstrikes on military sites of the former government of Bashar al-Assad since his ousting on December 8, according to the Observatory. The strikes are an attempt to destroy Syria’s military stockpiles. It has also sent troops marching across the border into a buffer zone east of the annexed Golan Heights, a move condemned by Arab countries and the United Nations.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that two Syrian navy facilities, dozens of sea-to-sea missiles, anti-aircraft batteries, airfields, dozens of weapons production sites across several provinces, and an entire arsenal of missiles, drones, fighter jets, tanks, and helicopters were destroyed in the air raids.
“Israeli warplanes continue to destroy what remains of Syria’s military arsenal,” the Observatory said.
As Assad’s regime fell, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “historic day for the Middle East.”
“The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but is also fraught with significant dangers,” Netanyahu said on X.
“Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes targeting the port of Latakia, Dahr al-Zuba in Baniyas, and military warehouses of the former regime in Dahr Safra in Tartous countryside, which caused missiles to explode at the site and launch randomly,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.
Israel has carried out over 350 airstrikes on military sites of the former government of Bashar al-Assad since his ousting on December 8, according to the Observatory. The strikes are an attempt to destroy Syria’s military stockpiles. It has also sent troops marching across the border into a buffer zone east of the annexed Golan Heights, a move condemned by Arab countries and the United Nations.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that two Syrian navy facilities, dozens of sea-to-sea missiles, anti-aircraft batteries, airfields, dozens of weapons production sites across several provinces, and an entire arsenal of missiles, drones, fighter jets, tanks, and helicopters were destroyed in the air raids.
“Israeli warplanes continue to destroy what remains of Syria’s military arsenal,” the Observatory said.
As Assad’s regime fell, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “historic day for the Middle East.”
“The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but is also fraught with significant dangers,” Netanyahu said on X.
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