In newest wave of assaults, Israel strikes Damascus’s Barzeh neighbourhood and ‘army capabilities’ in Hama and Homs.
Israeli army plane have carried out assaults in Syria’s capital Damascus and within the central province of Hama, Israel’s military and native media have stated, within the newest string of strikes on the war-torn nation.
The state-run Syrian Arab Information Company (SANA) stated the assaults on Wednesday focused the neighborhood of the scientific analysis centre within the Barzeh neighbourhood of the capital, in addition to the airport within the Syrian metropolis of Hama.
The Israeli army in an announcement confirmed the assaults, saying it struck what it known as “army capabilities” on the Syrian army bases in Hama metropolis and Homs’ T4 army airport, together with alleged army infrastructure websites in Damascus.
For the reason that overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria and deployed troops to a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone on the occupied Golan Heights.
Even whereas al-Assad was in energy, Israel additionally routinely attacked Syria, bombing what it claimed have been Iranian and Hezbollah targets.
Within the days after al-Assad’s elimination on December 8, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) – a United Kingdom-based struggle monitor – reported Israeli strikes concentrating on the analysis centre in Barzeh. Israel has claimed the centre was used to develop guided missiles and chemical weapons.
In keeping with SOHR, Israel’s army carried out greater than 500 air assaults on targets in Syria between December 8 and December 31, 2024, and has carried out at the very least 43 assaults to this point this 12 months.
Western nations together with the US had beforehand attacked the Ministry of Defence facility in 2018, saying it was associated to Syria’s “chemical weapons infrastructure”.
Final month, Israel stated it struck the T4 army base twice, concentrating on army capabilities on the website.
Final Thursday, Syrian state media stated Israeli strikes focused the coastal Latakia province, with SOHR saying munitions depots have been hit.
European Union international coverage chief Kaja Kallas stated final month throughout a go to to Jerusalem that Israeli strikes on Syria have been “pointless” and threatened to worsen the scenario.
Syria’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs has accused Israel of waging a marketing campaign in opposition to “the steadiness of the nation”.
