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Late on February 18, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had carried out airstrikes against several weapon sites belonging to the former Syrian regime in southern Syria.
The military releases footage of the strikes, which took place some 20 kilometers from Israel’s border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that the strikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Sasa to the south of the capital, Damascus. No casualties were reported by the London-based monitoring group.
The strikes had targeted Syrian tanks used to store weapons, according to military sources. In the footage, at least four armored vehicles can be seen targeted in the strikes.
In addition to the strikes, the SOHR said that IDF tanks shelled multiple areas within the Yarmouk Valley in the western Daraa countryside.
Also on the same day, an Israeli armored force advanced towards the town of Bariqa in the southern al-Quneitra countryside. The very next day, another force stormed the town of Aabdyn in the same region and ordered the locals to hand over all weapons and to stop any constructions.
The IDF launched a military operation in southern Syria just hours after the fall of the regime of president Bashar al-Assad last December. Israeli forces invaded the buffer zone adjacent to the occupied Golan Heights and set up five strategic sites there, including one atop of the summit of Mount Hermon.
Hundreds of Israeli strikes also hit key bases and equipment of the former Syrian Arab Army. As a result, most of the country’s ballistic missile stockpiles, air defense systems, warplanes and warships were wiped out.
While Israel stated at first that its operation in Syria will be temporary, recent statements by senior Israeli officials indicate that the IDF will continue to operate in the war-torn country for the rest of the year and possibly beyond.
Syria’s transnational government has condemned Israel’s actions, but stopped short from retaliating due to the current fragile status of the country.
With the conflicts in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon nearing their end, Israel could shift its attention towards Syria. A large-scale Israeli invasion with the aim of controlling the country’s borders with Lebanon and Iraq, or even to occupy Damascus, is very possible.
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“large-scale israeli invasion with the aim of controlling the country’s borders with lebanon and iraq, or even to occupy damascus, is very possible.”
impossible since jts already holds damascus, joulani is his slave puppet
youre such propagandists sucker imo.
‘syrian observatory for human rights.’ ? some solo dog inhabiting a basement somewhere in perfidious albion spinning atlantic council garbage. a good source of info for the brain dead and legacy media.
the problem with israel is that they create a buffer zone using a neighbours land then 20 years later they create a new buffer zone to protect the land they took as a buffer zone 20 years before. israel cant define its borders in international law because it is always eyeing up more land to steal.
you’re a moron.” israel” doesn’t even have a constitution.therefore doesn’t really exist imo. its governed by the supreme court, not bibi and co really its a kind of straw man legal fiction by design imo.
gee, build bases, kill people , steal land , break agreements , lie whenever it night work , propagandize the earth population , claim “god” . bribe politicians , assassinate anyone who might resist , who could it be ?
well here’s a clue who is the greatest empire the world has ever seen? who owns more land than crown lands? answer no one. includes north america canada india most of africa new zealand and so on then theres the papal bull giving half the world to spain. including all the americas, do your research then open your cake hole.
schizophrenic inbreds of the god’s chosen variety ?
the british empire created by rome. sweety.
they might tell here maybe “the secret city inside of london revealed” you tube maybe, can’t be bothered checking if it’s that video or not anyway bottom line it’s really still roman territory legally the inns are still the only really privately owned land in the city, belonging to the catholic knights templar that’s where the rule of law is exercised the last king of spain who had to abdicate due to criminal coplications juan carlos ran the temple bar from there.
the vatican tells you, that you can be whatever religion you like but they are steadfast in their belief that they are the one and only true church in the universe. furthermore it is forbidden for anyone to deny it. by rule of law. “the pope is the moral authority for rule of law” president obama told you
all part of the joint anglo american operation agreed upon by thatcher, as the monarchs agent, and reagan, as the laws to build the world again signed into law in 1984.
hahaha poor little trollope just has dummy spits whenever confronted with the truth. always with his little down vote usually multiple but he is getting really overexposing his shortcomings, so now exercising discretion. lol as if.
spot the dumb as trollope on the payroll in the comments section using his multiple names and doing his sycophantic act. he exposes himself.
if the us agrees to back out of the oil fields and the syrian economy recovers, russia will be able to make a huge profit selling replacement vehicles to syria. let’s face it, that’s all syria is now. a cash cow waiting to happen