Israeli forces have crossed the border with Syria and reached a distance of about 25 kilometers from the capital Damascus. This information was reported by Reuters, citing regional and Syrian sources. An Israeli military spokesperson said Israeli troops had not left the buffer zone.
According to Reuters, a Syrian security force official said Israeli forces had arrived in Qatana, about 10 kilometers east of the demilitarized zone that separates Syria from the Israeli-occupied area of the Golan Heights. The city is approximately 25 km from Damascus.
Israeli forces also entered several villages on the outskirts of Damascus, The Times of Israel reported, citing Lebanese media. Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces announced plans to conduct operations only in the buffer zone.
Syria. The turmoil that followed the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Israeli artillery bombardment
The non-governmental Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said on Tuesday that Israel has carried out more than 300 airstrikes in Syria since Sunday, when rebels announced the capture of Damascus and the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. .
Explosions were heard in the Syrian capital early Tuesday morning, according to AFP news agency.
The Times of Israel reported on Monday night that the Israeli navy launched strikes to destroy Syrian warships carrying anti-aircraft missiles in Minet el-Beida Bay and the port of Latakia in western Syria.
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Also on Tuesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Hossein Salami told a closed parliament that there were no Iranian troops left on Syrian territory. Iran has long been one of the Syrian regime's main allies, along with Russia. Salami also asserted that the fall of the Assad regime will not weaken Iran.
After the fall of the Assad regime, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called for a national dialogue aimed at establishing a government representative of all of Syrian society.
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