Israeli army bombs Damascus outskirts, seizes control of Syrian water sources
Tel Aviv now controls the six most important water
sources in southern Syria and continues to expand its occupation in the country
JAN 2, 2025
The Israeli air force launched a
violent attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus on 2 January, coming as
Israel’s military continues to expand its occupation in the country, reaching a
key dam in the southern Quneitra area.
Syrian media outlets reported that powerful explosions
rocked the capital’s western countryside and that the target was the Tal
al-Shahem military site overlooking Quneitra, Damascus, and its
countryside.
“This site is considered one
of the most important military centers of the Syrian army in the southern
Damascus countryside. It contains military communications centers and radars,
in addition to being an important site for missiles and anti-tank weapons,” Al
Mayadeen’s correspondent in Syria said.
The Israeli army stated on
Thursday that elite troops recently raided and
destroyed an underground Iranian missile facility west of Hama.
Israel has launched hundreds
of heavy airstrikes targeting the majority of the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA)
military infrastructure across Syria since former president Bashar al-Assad’s
government fell to extremist groups on 8 December.
Billions of dollars worth of
weapons and ammunition have reportedly been taken out in the ongoing campaign.
The Israeli army also
continues to expand its occupation across southern Syria.
Al Mayadeen reported
on 2 January that Israeli troops have now reached the Al-Mantara Dam in the
Quneitra countryside, the largest dam in southern Syria, adding that Israel has
seized control of the six most strategic bodies of water in the south.
Israel's recent expansion in
Syria, which began immediately after the fall of the Assad government, has seen
invading troops seize precious water sources such as the Al-Wahda Dam on the
Yarmouk River Basin and others. Syrian and Israeli sources, as well as Carmel
News citing an Iranian source, reported last month that Israel now controls 30
percent of Syria's water supply and 40 percent of Jordan's.
“The occupation's control over
the Al-Wahda Dam, which is located on the Jordanian border, is a threat to
Jordan, because it was the biggest beneficiary of this dam,” Al
Mayadeen’s correspondent said on Thursday.
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