Smoke rises after Israeli strikes near the Syrian army headquarters and the Defense Ministry in Damascus, July 16, 2025. (Credit: AFP)
For the second night in a row, Israeli fire struck the al-Kiswah region, about 20 kilometers south of Damascus. On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Israel launched a series of drone strikes on a Syrian military base, hitting a building used by the army’s 44th Division. The attack killed eight soldiers and wounded several others.The following night, Israeli forces targeted the same area, striking Jabal al-Manea. Troops were then deployed by helicopter for nearly two hours at a barracks in al-Kiswah, along with an unspecified amount of research equipment, a Syrian military source told Qatari broadcaster al-Jazeera. No clashes were reported with Syrian forces. The political context, here Syria at the heart of the tug-of-war between Turkey and Israel It was the first such landing since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024. A...
For the second night in a row, Israeli fire struck the al-Kiswah region, about 20 kilometers south of Damascus. On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Israel launched a series of drone strikes on a Syrian military base, hitting a building used by the army’s 44th Division. The attack killed eight soldiers and wounded several others.The following night, Israeli forces targeted the same area, striking Jabal al-Manea. Troops were then deployed by helicopter for nearly two hours at a barracks in al-Kiswah, along with an unspecified amount of research equipment, a Syrian military source told Qatari broadcaster al-Jazeera. No clashes were reported with Syrian forces. The political context, here Syria at the heart of the tug-of-war between Turkey and Israel It was the first such landing since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8,...
