IDF confirms strikes on a military site, anti-aircraft cannons, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria. Syrian media report that Israeli fighter jets struck multiple areas in the country, including an air defense base used by the former regime.’
IDF confirms strikes on a military site, anti-aircraft cannons, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria. Syrian media report that Israeli fighter jets struck multiple areas in the country, including an air defense base used by the former regime.
The IDF on Friday night struck a military site, anti-aircraft cannons, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed.
“The IDF will continue to operate as necessary to defend Israeli civilians,” it added.
Earlier, Syrian media reported that Israeli fighter jets struck in the vicinity of the village of Shathah in the Hama province, in northwestern Syria.
The Saudi channel Al-Hadath claimed that the target of the strike was an air defense base used by the former regime of Bashar Al-Assad.
There were also reports that an air defense base in the suburbs of Latakia in western Syria was struck, along with strikes in the northern suburbs of Damascus and the northern suburb of Daraa in southern Syria.
On Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel had conducted a strike near the presidential palace in Damascus.
“This is a clear message to the Syrian regime. We will not allow the deployment of forces south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community,” they said.
The strike came amid clashes in Syria, sparked by the circulation of an audio recording attributed to a Druze citizen and deemed blasphemous.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said on Thursday the fighting had involved security forces, allied fighters and local Druze groups.
The strike came amid clashes in Syria, sparked by the circulation of an audio recording attributed to a Druze citizen and deemed blasphemous.
It added that 102 have died so far in the clashes, including 30 government loyalists, 21 Druze fighters and 10 civilians.
The United States on Thursday condemned the violence against Syria’s Druze community, calling on the country’s interim authorities to hold perpetrators accountable.
