Syria. Israel bombed the composition of weapons in the northwest

The Israeli army announced that the aviation was bombed on Monday evening a weapon magazine in northwest Syria. Israel's defense forces reported that the raid was aimed at a weapon warehouse in the city of Kardha, belonging to the army overthrown at the beginning of December 2024 of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. It was added that the decision to attack was made “because of recent events in the region” and the army still “observes Syria in terms of potential threats to Israel.”

Kardha is located about 20 kilometers south of the port of Latakia, one of the largest cities of Syria, and about 60 kilometers north of Tartus, which includes Base of the Russian Navy.

The Syrian Human Rights Observatory (OSDH) previously informed about the explosion near the port of Tartus, most likely caused by the attack of Israeli aviation.

The region of northwestern Syria, lying on the Mediterranean coast, is a bastion of Alawite, a religious group from which the rulers of the Country Government derived for over half a century.

In 2011, a civil war broke out in Syria. Thanks to the help Iran and Russia Asad for years managed to maintain control over most of the state. At the beginning of December, however, he was overthrown by the rebel coalition, led by the Islamist group Hajat Tahrir Ash-Szam (HTS).

At the same time, the Israeli army took over the controlled by UN The buffer zone, which from 1974 separated the part of the Golan hills occupied by Israel in 1967 from the remaining territory of Syria.

Israeli aviation has long been regularly attacked military goals in Syria. The raids intensified violently during the fighting, which led to the fall of Assad.

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Last week, the authorities in Jerusalem demanded that the army of the new government would not be stationed in the areas south of Damascus.

On Saturday, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that the army was preparing for the possibility of defending the villages inhabited by Druzów south of Damascus. On Friday, in one of them, Jaramanie, there were riots and shootings.

Israel justifies all these movements with concern for the safety of its own state, but also with the need to protect drums against the current Syria “terrorist, radically Islamist regime.” Druz are a religious minority living in Syria, Israel and Lebanon.

The new government in Damascus still does not rule the entire territory of Syria, which has been divided between various armed groups since 2011, but declares that he wants to merge the state. The south of the country remains under the control of local groups, including Druzyian organizations.

Israel wants Syria to remain weak and divided, and tries to convince the administration to it USA – Reuters wrote on Friday, citing sources in Washington.

According to the Israel agency, he is afraid of an increase in influence Turkey in Syria and the development of radical Islamist organizations in this country. Ankara has long supported Assad's opponents, and is now conducive to the new government.

HTS was related to, among others with Al-Qaeda. The new Syrian authorities, however, try to maintain friendly contacts with the West and declare that they have left the jihadist ideology, respect the rights of minorities and do not want conflict with the neighbors, including Israel.

By building a counterweight to Turkey, the Israelis tried to convince the US that Russia should keep its military bases in Syria, “Reuters said. In addition to the sea base in Tartus, Russia also uses a military airport near Latakia.

The new government in Damascus reported that he was talking to Russia about the resumption of relations, although the Kremlin has been militarily supported the previous regime for years. Ohn by HTS, Assad escaped to Moscow, where he obtained asylum.