Israel strikes Syria's Damascus

3/4/2025 6:11

Israeli airstrikes targeted on

Wednesday the airport in the Syrian city of Hama and the

vicinity of the scientific research center in the Barzeh

neighborhood of the capital Damascus, Syrian state news agency

(SANA) and local officials said.



Israel bombed facilities of the scientific research centre

shortly after former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted.

Israel has claimed the centre was used to develop guided

missiles and chemical weapons.



There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military

on the strikes.



Israel spent years carrying out airstrikes on Syria during

Assad's rule, targeting Iran-linked military installations and

weapons transfers from Tehran intended for the Lebanese armed

group Hezbollah, which was deployed in Syrian territory.



That arms route was cut when Assad was toppled but

Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Syrian military

bases.



Casualties were also reported following the airstrikes

on Hama, security sources told Reuters on Wednesday.



The violence along the border between Israel and Syria

marks increased friction between Israel and Syria, where a new

Islamist-led leadership has been installed after rebels ousted

Assad from power.



Israel has since said it will not tolerate an Islamist

militant presence in southern Syria and sent its own troops into

Syria's border zone. Syria's leadership has said it does not

intend to open a front against Israel.