New Israeli strikes targeted military sites in Damascus and its suburbs early Saturday, almost a week after the capture of the Syrian capital by a coalition of rebels, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said. .
Since the flight of ousted President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against military sites in Syria, according to this NGO based in the United Kingdom and with a vast network of sources inside the Syria.
“Israeli strikes destroyed a scientific institute” and other military positions in Barzeh, on the northeastern edge of Damascus, and targeted a “military airport” on the outskirts of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Rights said. of Man (OSDH).
The strikes also targeted “ballistic missile warehouses” and rocket launchers in the Qalamoun region, on the outskirts of Damascus, as well as “tunnels” under the mountains, the Observatory added.
According to him, these series of strikes against “the military sites of the former regime” aim to “destroy what remains of the military capabilities of the next Syrian army”.
On Friday, the Israeli Air Force also targeted a “missile base on Mount Qassioun in Damascus,” the OSDH added, as well as an airport in the southern province of Soueida and “research and research laboratories.” defense in Masyaf”, in the province of Hama.
Furthermore, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army to “prepare to stay” throughout the winter in the buffer zone located on the edge of the part of the Syrian Golan occupied by Israel.
Israeli troops entered the buffer zone just after Assad’s fall. The UN has denounced a “violation” of the 1974 disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel.
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