The Israeli Army said it has struck most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria, claiming it has carried out around 480 strikes across the country in the past two days.
The Israeli Air Force conducted approximately 350 manned aircraft strikes targeting airfields, anti-aircraft batteries, missiles, drones, fighter jets, tanks and weapons production sites in Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Latakia and Palmyra, the Defense Forces said. of Israel (FDI) this Tuesday (10).
The country also conducted 130 additional airstrikes during ground operations that targeted weapons depots, military structures, launchers and firing positions, according to the military.
The Israeli ships also hit two Syrian naval installations, where 15 vessels were docked, the note adds. Dozens of sea-to-sea missiles were reportedly destroyed.
Earlier on Tuesday, Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the
Understand the conflict in Syria
The Assad family regime was overthrown in Syria on December 8, after 50 years in power, when rebel groups took over the capital Damascus.
President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country and is in Moscow after gaining asylum, according to a source in Russia.
Syria’s civil war began during the Arab Spring in 2011, when the regime of Bashar al-Assad suppressed a pro-democracy uprising.
The country was plunged into full-scale conflict when a rebel force was formed, known as the Free Syrian Army, to fight government troops.
Furthermore, the Islamic State, a terrorist group, also managed to gain a foothold in the country and came to control 70% of Syrian territory.
Fighting escalated as other regional actors and world powers — from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United States to Russia — joined in, escalating the country’s war into what some observers described as a “proxy war.”
Russia has allied with Bashar al-Assad’s government to combat the Islamic State and rebels, while the United States has led an international coalition to repel the terrorist group.
After a ceasefire agreement in 2020, the conflict remained largely “dormant”, with minor clashes between the rebels and the Assad regime.
More than 300,000 civilians have been killed in more than a decade of war, according to the UN, and millions of people have been displaced across the region.
