The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes on the General Staff headquarters in Damascus, Syria. The Times of Israel and Bloomberg reported this on Wednesday, July 16.
Several airstrikes targeted the military headquarters building in Damascus, which the Israel Defense Forces confirmed had been hit. Israel has stepped up its attacks on Syria, saying it is "ready for various scenarios."
"Strikes by the Israeli Air Force have now totally destroyed the Ministry of Defense and General Staff Headquarters in the Syrian capital of Damascus," the OSINTdefender channel, which monitors military conflicts around the world, reported on its X-account.
A Syrian state agency reported an explosion in Damascus and drone strikes in Suwayda, a southern region near Israel. The publication says that in recent days there have been clashes between Druze and Bedouin groups in Suwayda. The Syrian government has deployed troops to the area and says it is trying to quell the violence.
Israel has stepped up operations in Syria to protect the Druze community. The Druze are Arabs whose faith is an offshoot of Islam. There are 1 million of them, living mainly in Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Druze men who are citizens of Israel are doing military service
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the administration of US President Donald Trump will exclude the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group from the list of terrorist organizations, which overthrew the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and established power in the country.
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