Israel has struck over 250 military targets in Syria, according to reports.

Throughout the night and morning of December 10, the Israel Defense Forces carried out numerous strikes on Syria.

According to The Times of Israel,

the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the strikes carried out by Israel in the Barzeh area of Damascus completely destroyed a research center of the Ministry of Defense.

The publication noted that Western countries, particularly the USA, targeted this facility in 2018, believing it was linked to Syria's “chemical weapons infrastructure.”

On the morning of December 10, new explosions were heard in Damascus just hours after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported approximately 250 Israeli airstrikes on Syrian territory since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

Additionally, during the night, the Israeli Navy conducted a large-scale operation aimed at destroying the naval fleet of the former Assad regime in Syria.

Military sources indicated that as a result of strikes carried out by Israeli Navy missile boats in the Minet al-Bayda bay on the Syrian coast, numerous Syrian naval vessels armed with sea-to-sea missiles were destroyed.

Al Jazeera reports that Israeli strikes specifically targeted three major Syrian airbases: in Homs, Damascus, and Al-Qamishli—resulting in the destruction of “dozens of helicopters and aircraft.” The attacks also affected the Latakia region, where Russian military bases are located, including air defense facilities and military warehouses.

According to NEWSru.co.il, citing data from the monitoring group The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the IDF is striking military bases and warehouses of Assad's army to prevent modern weaponry from falling into the hands of armed groups and the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that Syrian rebels entered Damascus on the night of December 8. In the morning, they appeared on television and announced that they had taken control of the Syrian capital. They claimed that 24 years of Assad's rule had come to an end.