Israeli fighter jets have launched strikes against military sites in the Syrian capital Damascus and its countryside, in the latest such raids since militants toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government almost a week ago.

Israeli military forces have taken over two towns in Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra, and are heading towards areas in the neighboring Dara’a province.

A Syrian army officer has been killed when Israeli aircraft carried out a strike against two military installations in the country’s south.

The Israeli military has carried out two separate strikes against targets in Syria amid its bloody onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry says the latest Israeli strikes against the Arab country show that the Tel Aviv regime is seeking to expand the scope of the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

Syrian government forces and local villagers block a US military convoy in the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah, forcing it to retreat.

Syrian government forces start mine clearance operations in another town in the southern Dara’a province.