An aerial image reveals smoke rising after airstrikes in Damascus on December 10. Photo: AFP
A war monitor reported on Tuesday that Israel had "obliterated the most significant military sites in Syria" through a series of air strikes since the collapse of President Bashar Al Assad's regime. Israel, which shares a border with Syria, deployed troops to a buffer zone east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights following Assad's fall. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described this move as a "limited and temporary measure" for "security purposes".
Additionally, Israel has conducted approximately 250 air strikes on Syrian territory over the past 48 hours, aiming to dismantle the former regime's military infrastructure, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based Observatory stated that Israel had destroyed key military sites in Syria, including airports, warehouses, aircraft squadrons, radars, military signal stations, and numerous weapons and ammunition depots across various Syrian governorates.
Near the port city of Latakia, Israel attacked an air defense facility, damaging Syrian naval vessels and military warehouses. In and around Damascus, strikes targeted military installations, research centers, and the electronic warfare administration. Early Tuesday, AFP journalists reported loud explosions in Damascus, following the strikes mentioned by the Observatory.
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