DAMASCUS, (The Palestinian Information Center) Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes at dawn Tuesday on the Syrian Air Defense College near the city of Homs and a military barracks in Saqoubin, north of Latakia, Syria.
Syrian media reported that Israeli warplanes also carried out a strike near the city of Palmyra in central Syria.
Syria strongly condemned the Israeli aerial assault, which targeted multiple sites in the provinces of Homs and Latakia, calling it a blatant violation of international law and the principles of the UN Charter.
In a statement on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates affirmed that these attacks constitute a flagrant breach of Syrian sovereignty and a direct threat to its national and regional stability. The ministry described the strikes as part of a broader pattern of aggressive escalation pursued by Israel against Syrian territory.
The ministry reiterated Syria’s unequivocal rejection of any attempts to undermine its sovereignty or compromise its national security.
It called on the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities by taking a clear and firm stance to end these repeated assaults and ensure respect for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December of last year, Israel has continued to violate Syrian sovereignty, despite efforts by the new Syrian administration to restore security, recover from the war’s aftermath, and focus on economic development.
According to Anadolu Agency, Israel has previously attempted to justify its repeated aggression by claiming it seeks to turn southern Syria into a “demilitarized zone,” in addition to its frequent interventions under the pretext of “protecting the Druze.”
On December 8, 2024, Israel announced the collapse of the disengagement agreement and its military occupation of the demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights (southwest), most of which it has occupied for decades.
The disengagement agreement was signed between Israel and Syria on May 31, 1974, ending the October 6, 1973 war and the subsequent war of attrition on the Syrian front.
