December 29th 2024.
On a Sunday morning, an Israeli airstrike in an area near Damascus caused the death of 11 individuals, as reported by a war monitoring group. This strike is just one of many that Israel has carried out in Syria, targeting their weapons and military facilities. Even though former President Bashar Assad has been removed from power, Israel continues to take action against Syria.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the airstrike was aimed at a weapons depot belonging to Assad's forces in the industrial town of Adra, located northeast of the capital. The observatory confirmed that the majority of the 11 casualties were civilians. Al-Mayadeen TV, based in Beirut, also reported the airstrike, although they stated that only six people were killed. The Israeli military has yet to comment on the incident.
Since the start of Syria's uprising in 2011, Israel has launched numerous airstrikes over the country, but they rarely acknowledge them. Their stated targets are groups backed by Iran, which also supported Assad during his regime. Israel is also concerned about the presence of dangerous weapons in Syria, now controlled by Islamist groups. However, the Syrian insurgents who overthrew Assad in December have demanded that Israel stop their airstrikes.
In other news, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have launched an attack near the strategic border town of Kobani, which is currently controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This comes after weeks of clashes between the two groups. The SDF shared a video showing a rocket attack that destroyed a radar system south of the city of Manbij, which was recently captured by the Turkish-backed group. The SDF, a key ally of the United States in Syria, is heavily involved in targeting sleeper cells belonging to the extremist group, Islamic State.
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