Israel’s Priorities in Syria
Making friends and destroying weapons.
December 11, 2024
Israel’s Priorities in Syria
Making friends and destroying weapons.
Between Sunday and Tuesday, the Israeli air force and navy carried out operation “Bashan Arrow”—after the biblical name for the Golan Heights—which involved 350 strikes on Syrian military assets, disabling, according to the the IDF, between 70 and 80 percent of Syria’s “strategic” weaponry. The operation destroyed Scud missiles, weapons factories, anti-aircraft batteries, chemical weapons, and most of the Syrian navy.
December 11, 2024
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