As Bashar Al-Assad's regime fell, Israel carried out operations to destroy Syrian weapons. We now know a little more about the IDF targets.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), Israel carried out several strikes during the night from Sunday to Monday against military positions and weapons depots in several regions of Syria, after the flight of Bashar al- Assad.
The head of Israeli diplomacy confirmed on Monday that his country had carried out these strikes to destroy “chemical weapons” in Syria, in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the radical Islamist rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad. Sunday.
“Those who control […] Damascus” today are driven by “an extreme ideology of radical Islam” and “that is why we attacked strategic weapons systems [en Syrie] such as remnants of chemical weapons or long-range missiles and rockets, so that they do not fall into the hands of extremists,” Gideon Saar said at a press conference in Jerusalem.
70 to 80% of Syria's military capabilities destroyed
This Tuesday, December 10, the IDF continued to destroy former sites of the Syrian Army of occupation across Syria. Israel thus indicated that it had destroyed “around 70 to 80% of the Assad regime's military capabilities” and “most of the Syrian Army's strategic weapons stocks.”
The Israeli IDF navy released the results of these strikes, particularly in the ports of al Bayda and Latakia.
Thus, 15 Syrian warships were docked in ports at the time of the strikes. The IDF said it had also destroyed dozens of anti-ship missiles with a range of 80 to 190 kilometers. “Each missile carried a significant explosive charge, constituting a threat to civilian and military ships in the area,” the report said.
u2b55 In 48 hours, the IDF struck most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorist elements. ????’? ??? ?????????:
u2693 Naval Operations: Israeli Navy missile ships struck 2 Syrian Navy facilities… pic.twitter.com/6N1fz7BiMF
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1866559502100861115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Missiles, drones, fighter planes, helicopters…
The Air Force has carried out 350 strikes in recent days with “a wide range of targets, including anti-aircraft batteries, Syrian Air Force airfields and dozens of production sites of arms in Damascus, Homs, Tartous, Latakia and Palmyra”.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the strikes would have destroyed all of Syria's MiG-29s, air defense systems and research centers, particularly those linked to the Syrian chemical weapons program. the old regime, which was never dismantled despite assurances given by Damascus.
Several MiG-29s of the Syrian Air Force were claimed to have been destroyed yesterday, as a result of Strikes by the Israeli Air Force on Khalkhalah Air Base in the Suwayda Governorate. pic.twitter.com/T7sWOXQPwU
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1866212730425811449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Israel thus indicates that it has neutralized “Scud missiles, cruise missiles, ground-to-sea, ground-to-air and ground-to-ground missiles, drones, fighter planes, attack helicopters, radars, tanks, sheds, etc.
Furthermore, during land operations, Israel specifies having carried out 130 strikes targeting in particular “weapons depots, military structures, launchers and firing positions”.
These Israeli attacks come as Syrian rebels took the capital Damascus and then control of the country, pushing Bashar al-Assad to flee Syria, which his family had ruled since 1971. Al-Assad is believed to be in Russia.
