Amid the brewing tensions in West Asia, the Israel Defence Force (IDF) confirmed that the country’s fighter jets struck near the Syrian Presidential Palace in Damascus. The palace is currently the official residence of Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa. According to The Times of Israel, the air force of the Jewish nation struck the Syrian targets on Friday morning.
Israel has been warning the Syrian authorities not to march towards villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria. It is pertinent to note that the Friday strike came days after clashes erupted between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze minority sect near the capital, Damascus. The brawl left dozens of people dead or wounded in the region.
In the statement, the IDF said that the fighter jets struck adjacent to the area of the Palace of President Hussein al-Sharaa in Damascus. No further details were provided in this regard. Meanwhile, a pro-government Syrian news outlet noted that the jets struck close to the People’s Palace on a hill overlooking the city.
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