Assad Overthrown By Rebels, Israel Increases Attack On Syrian Armed Warehouse

The condition of Aleppo Syria after the government military war with rebels/PHOTO via X The White Helmets @SyriaCivivilDef

JAKARTA - Israel will increase airstrikes against Syria's advanced arsenal.

Israel calls for "limited" troops on the ground in hopes of preventing any threats that may arise as a result of attacks following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.

Despite the fall of Assad to destroy Israel's main enemy stronghold, Iran, which has influence in the region, the rapid progress of rebel groups rooted in Al Qaeda's Islamic ideology also poses a risk.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz said the military would destroy heavy strategic weapons throughout Syria, including surface-to-air missiles, air defense systems, surface-to-surface missiles, cruise missiles, long-range rockets, and coastal missiles.

Reported by Reuters on Monday, December 9, a senior Israeli official said airstrikes would continue in the coming days.

Meanwhile Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel was not interested in interfering in Syria's internal affairs and only cared to defend its citizens.

"That's why we attack strategic weapons systems such as, for example, residual chemical weapons or missiles and long-range rockets so as not to fall into extremist hands," Saar told reporters in Jerusalem.

In addition, Israel is also trying to prevent any future threats from its neighboring country.

Israeli forces have cleared landmines and built new barriers on the border between Israel's occupied Golan Heights and a demilitarized path bordering Syria in October.

On Sunday morning, the military said it had sent ground troops to the demilitarized zone, a 400-square km buffer zone (155 square miles) made under the 1974 Troops Separation Agreement and supervised by the UN Troops Release Observer (UNDOF).