SYRIA – Welcome to a comprehensive coverage of the latest Syria-Israel news. Israel on Thursday morning carried out air strikes at a Syrian military base of the 107th Brigade in Syria’s Latakia province.
The latest strike follows a series of air raids conducted Wednesday in which Israeli warplanes targeted military installations in Daraa and Suwayda provinces as well as key government buildings in the capital, Damascus, including the Presidential Palace, the Defense Ministry and the General Staff headquarters.
Israel is a Threat to Regional Peace and Stability; Iran
Iran said Wednesday that Israel’s attacks on Syria pose an unprecedented threat to international peace and security, calling on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN to respond immediately and effectively to the growing danger.
In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei strongly condemned Israel’s recent strikes in Syria, emphasizing that the attacks targeted public infrastructure while further entrenching its occupation.
“This regime, benefiting from the military and political support of the US as well as other Western countries – particularly Germany, the UK and France – is now threatening international peace and security in an unprecedented manner.”
Baghaei urged the OIC and the UN to take immediate and effective steps to halt Israel’s dangerous provocations and expansionist policies in the region.
Israeli Plans to Destabilize Region Thwarted; Syrian President
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Thursday that Israel’s plans to undermine the region’s stability were thwarted by intervention from outside mediators as well as the state’s own efforts.
In a televised speech, Sharaa said that despite Israeli interventions targeting civilian and public institutions, “state efforts to restore stability and expel outlaw factions have succeeded.”
This would not have happened “without the effective intervention of American, Arab, and Turkish mediation, which saved the region from an unknown fate,” he added.
He said that Israel is seeking to turn Syria into “an arena of endless chaos” by dividing its people, ignoring the Syrian people’s rejection of all kinds of separation and division throughout history.
“The Druze people are an integral part of the fabric of this homeland,” he stressed.
He also stated that Syria chose to create opportunities for prominent Druze figures to pave the way for an agreement, rather than entering a war with Israel “at the expense of our Druze people and their security and destabilizing Syria and the entire region.”
He added that some local factions and prominent figures are being assigned to maintain security in Suwayda to avoid “a new large-scale war that might drag it away from its major goals of recovering from the devastating (civil) war and distancing it from the political and economic difficulties left behind by the former regime.”
The deal was announced amid Israeli airstrikes targeting the capital, Damascus, as well as Suwayda and Daraa, on the pretext of protecting the Druze community.
