An Israeli army statement said the IDF has struck in 48 hours most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria to prevent them from falling “into the hands of terrorist elements.”
Israel has confirmed it carried out attacks on Syria’s navy facilities, after the fall of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, as part of its efforts to neutralise military assets in the country and to prevent advanced weaponry from falling into the hands of hostile elements.
The White House described the “collapse of the Assad regime as a momentous and a historic landmark event,” but cautioned it was also a moment of risk and uncertainty in the region.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its navy missile ships struck two Syrian navy facilities simultaneously, the Al-Bayda port and the Latakia port, where 15 Syrian naval vessels were docked.
The IDF noted that dozens of sea-to-sea missiles with ranges of 80–190 km were destroyed. Each missile carried significant explosive payloads, posing threats to civilian and military maritime vessels in the area.
Meanwhile, its manned aircraft flew hundreds of hours over Syrian airspace, conducting 350+ aerial strikes.
The IDF released footage from the campaign, during which it said it conducted air strikes on 130 assets in Syria, including weapons depots, military structures, launchers, and firing positions.
Strategically targets were struck, including anti-aircraft batteries, Syrian Air Force airfields, and dozens of weapons production sites in Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Latakia, and Palmyra.
The military said numerous strategic assets were neutralized, including Scud missiles, cruise missiles, surface-to-sea, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, UAVs, fighter jets, attack helicopters, radars, tanks, hangars, and more.
