Israel won’t allow forces of the new Syrian administration to enter territory south of Damascus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, lifting the veil on Israel’s long-term plans for its northern neighbor after the fall of the Bashar Al-Assad regime.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since former President Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.
The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad.
We don’t go out at night any more because of them.” The vehicles belong neither to the new rulers in Damascus, nor any of the country’s myriad armed factions, but to their neighbour: Israel. Since Islamist rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December,
The Israeli military is targeting more areas of southern Syria, and Israel is lobbying world powers to keep the central government in Damascus weak.
Tel Aviv targeting more areas in southern Syria while lobbying world powers to keep central government in Damascus weak, according to Wall Street Journal
From Syria and Lebanon to Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli troops are establishing positions they are unlikely to abandon anytime soon.
The latest attacks came a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel demanded the demilitarization of much of southern Syria, stoking fears of conflict with the country’s new leadership.
According to Ali Fayyad, the new Syrian leadership’s position on Israel "is confusing and poses a lot of questions.
Local sources in Syria reported a new wave of Israeli attacks on the Al-Mezzeh military airport near Damascus.
Israeli attacks are angering Syrians and unsettling the country’s new leaders, who are dealing with multiple crises after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday launched an airstrike on a military site in northwestern Syria, stating that the target belonged to the ousted Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.