Israel has launched a large-scale assault on targets in Syria, with warplanes pounding not less than three airports and different infrastructure following the demise of former President Bashar Assad’s authorities, in line with a number of media reviews. There have additionally been reviews that Israeli tanks have damaged out of the buffer zone on the Syrian border and moved in the direction of Damascus, though West Jerusalem has denied the declare.
An unnamed Israeli safety supply informed Israeli Military Radio that “greater than 250 navy targets have been attacked in Syria,” describing the assault as “one of many largest assault operations within the historical past of… [the] air drive.”
The targets included “bases of Assad military, dozens of fighter jets, dozens of surface-to-air missile methods, manufacturing websites and warehouses… and surface-to-surface missiles.”
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The Jerusalem Submit, citing Syrian safety sources, claimed that the airstrikes focused the Qamishli airbase on the Turkish border, the Shinshar base close to the Lebanese border, and the Aqaba airport southwest of Damascus.
Different assaults reportedly focused a analysis middle and a middle for digital warfare within the general space of the Syrian capital. Al Mayadeen additionally claimed that Israel had attacked protection factories within the southern Aleppo countryside.
In keeping with a number of native media retailers, Israeli tanks had been approaching the Syrian capital. Nonetheless, the Israeli navy has denied that declare. A protection official informed RT that “the reviews circulating within the media in regards to the alleged development of Israeli tanks in the direction of Damascus are false,” including that “IDF troops are stationed inside the buffer zone, as acknowledged prior to now.”
Israel started lively navy operations in Syria after the armed opposition, spearheaded by the Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group, launched a shock offensive towards authorities forces that led to the speedy collapse of the Assad authorities and the previous president’s exile in Russia.
The Jewish state’s navy moved to seize the buffer zone established as a part of the 1974 disengagement settlement not removed from Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, though Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar insisted that the takeover was a “non permanent step” aimed solely at guaranteeing safety.
On the identical time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel intends to retain management over the Golan Heights, which has been occupied for the reason that 1967 Six-Day Conflict, “perpetually,” calling the strategic space “an inseparable half” of his nation.
