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SOME 250 ISRAELI STRIKES HIT SYRIAN MILITARY TARGETS AFTER FALL OF ASSAD —
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This picture shows a burned Syrian army helicopter after Israeli strikes said to
target weapons depots near the Mezzeh military airbase, outside Damascus, on
December 9, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
Israel appeared to be continuing its aerial campaign in Syria on Monday,
targeting weaponry that Jerusalem feared could fall into the hands of hostile
forces in light of the dramatic fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime on Sunday.
Two Syrian security sources said on Monday that Israeli planes bombed at least
three major Syrian army air bases that housed dozens of helicopters and jets in
the biggest such wave of strikes on air bases since Assad was toppled.
The strikes hit Qamishli air base in northeast Syria, Shinshar base in the
countryside of Homs, and Aqrba airport southwest of the capital Damascus, the
sources said.
The reports came after Israel Air Force strikes on Sunday hit advanced missile
storage sites, air defense systems, weapon production facilities, and chemical
weapons sites, and also took out planes, helicopters, and tanks that belonged to
the Assad regime’s military.
The 50-year-old regime, which fell on Sunday after a lightning offensive by
rebel forces, was an ally of the Iranian regime and a part of its so-called Axis
of Resistance against Israel.
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The number of strikes carried out by Israel on Syrian military infrastructure
since Sunday is believed to lie at around 250.
Western intelligence sources believe that around 300 strikes have been carried
out against Syrian military targets, the Ynet news site reported, adding that if
the strikes continue at their current pace, officials believe the Syrian Air
Force will be all but destroyed in a matter of days, ensuring that the rebel
groups, and any future government, will not be able to threaten Israel from the
air.
A Britain-based war monitor told AFP that Israel had conducted more than 100
airstrikes on military targets in Syria on Monday, including a research center
Western countries suspected of having links to chemical weapons production in
Damascus.
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“Israeli warplanes launched over 100 strikes in Syria today, including on the
Barzah scientific research center,” Rami Abdel Rahman who heads the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights told AFP, reporting “increased Israeli strikes to
destroy the former regime’s military capabilities.”
There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the Monday
strikes.
This picture shows a bombed hangar a day after the Israeli military was said to
have hit weapons depots near the Mezzeh military airbase, outside Damascus, on
December 9, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
SOHR, run by a single person, has regularly been accused by Syrian war analysts
of false reporting and inflating casualty numbers as well as inventing them
wholesale.
On Monday evening, three witnesses in Barzeh, north of Damascus, told Reuters
that there were at least two explosions in the area, where the Syrian Scientific
Studies and Research Centre has an office.
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The SSRC has been sanctioned and previously struck for its links to chemical
weapons production under the Assad regime.
Al Jazeera also reported Israeli airstrikes targeting the Qabr Essit Airport
south of Damascus, which was used by the ousted army for helicopters.
A short while earlier, reports in Syria claimed that the IAF had bombed the
Latakia port, targeting naval assets belonging to the toppled regime.
Syrian media also reported Israeli strikes in Da’ara in southern Syria early on
Monday, with unverified footage of the strikes posted to social media appearing
to show secondary explosions, indicating that weapons were stored in the
buildings targeted.
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Defense sources told The Times of Israel on Sunday that dozens of IAF aircraft
had struck numerous targets, with a focus on destroying “strategic weapons.”
The IDF also took up new positions in a buffer zone between Israel and Syria in
the Golan Heights on Sunday, as it prepared for potential chaos.
It marked the first time since the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement was signed
following the Yom Kippur War that Israeli forces took up positions inside the
buffer zone between Israel and Syria, though the IDF has entered the zone
briefly on several occasions in the past.
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon told the United Nations Security Council on
Monday that the IDF had taken “limited and temporary measures” in a
demilitarized strip bordering Syria to counter any threats, particularly to
residents of the Golan Heights.
“It is important to emphasize, however, that Israel is not intervening in the
ongoing conflict between Syrian armed groups; our actions are solely focused on
safeguarding our security,” he wrote in a letter to the 15-member council,
adding that Israel remained committed to the framework of a 1974 Separation of
Forces Agreement.
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The United States was also taking advantage of the new reality in Syria,
carrying out dozens of strikes on Islamic State targets in central Syria on
Sunday.
American warplanes struck more than 75 Islamic State targets hitting the group’s
leaders, operatives and camps, the US military said.
The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of
the Assad family, after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held
territory and entered the capital in 10 days.
People celebrate holding a large Syrian opposition flag at Umayyad Square in
Damascus on December 9, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Syria’s civil war, which erupted in 2011 as an uprising against Assad’s rule,
dragged in major outside powers, created space for jihadist militants to plot
attacks around the world, and sent millions of refugees into neighboring states.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the strongest rebel group, is the former al Qaeda
affiliate in Syria regarded by the US and others as a terrorist organization,
and many Syrians remain fearful it will impose draconian Islamist rule.
HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has tried to reassure minorities that he will
not interfere with them and the international community that he opposes Islamist
attacks abroad. In Aleppo, which the rebels captured a week ago, there have not
been reports of reprisals.
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