Israeli warplanes launch airstrikes in Syria

ISTANBUL

Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes in Syria on Monday in the latest violations of the country’s sovereignty, local media reported.

An Israeli strike targeted the outskirts of the western city of Homs, said the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Another strike hit the outskirts of the coastal city of Latakia, the agency said later.

Israeli warplanes also pummeled the outskirts of Palmyra, it added.

No details were available on injuries or damage.

Despite the new Syrian administration, in place since late December 2024, posing no direct threat to Israel, the Israeli military has repeatedly crossed into Syrian territory, carrying out airstrikes that killed civilians and destroyed military sites, vehicles, weapons and ammunition.

For the past seven months, the Israeli army has occupied Syria’s Mount Hermon in Israel’s farthest advance from its borders and maintains a 15-kilometer (9.32-mile) wide security strip in some southern areas, controlling more than 40,000 Syrians within the occupied buffer zone.

Israel has occupied most of the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967 and expanded its control following the events leading to President Bashar Al-Assad’s ousting in late 2024.