Israel launches drone strikes against several sites in southern Syria
Israeli military aircraft have launched a series of strikes against several weapons sites inside Syria, in the latest act of aggression against the Arab country since Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December.
The Israeli military said in a statement late Tuesday that its unmanned aerial vehicles struck weapons which it said belonged to the former Syrian administration in the Sa'sa' district of Rif Dimashq province, located southwest of the capital Damascus and near the occupied Golan Heights.
The military later released footage of the strikes, which it said took place some 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) from the border with the Israeli-occupied territories.
In the footage, armored vehicles can be seen targeted in the aerial attacks.
Israeli Army Radio station, citing military sources speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that the strikes hit three Syrian tanks used to store weapons.
Militant factions, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, toppled Assad’s government in early December last year.
Following the downfall of Assad’s government, the Israeli military has been launching airstrikes against military installations, facilities, and arsenals belonging to Syria’s now-defunct army.
The occupying regime’s attacks have drawn widespread condemnation for violating Syria’s sovereignty and devastating assets belonging to the Arab nation.
In the wake of the fall of Assad, Israel, which has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967, also invaded a UN-patrolled buffer zone in southwestern Syria, taking over the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, known as Jabal al-Shaykh in Arabic, as well as several Syrian towns and villages.
Israel has also come under scrutiny over the termination of the 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, and exploiting the chaos in the Arab nation following Assad’s downfall to make a land grab.
The United Nations created the buffer zone in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. A UN force of about 1,100 troops had patrolled the area since then.
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