Israel destroys Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes targeting chemical weapons storage sites and long-range missile facilities in Syria. Saar stressed that the action was necessary to prevent dangerous weapons from falling into the hands of terrorist and Islamic extremist groups.

“Our only concern is the safety of Israel and its people,” Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said.

However, the Israeli Foreign Ministry did not specify the time and duration of the attacks.

According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry , the destruction of Syria's weapons stockpiles was necessary after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad's regime to prevent chemical weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists. (Photo: Getty)

According to the AP news agency, Israel attacked the Mezzeh military airport, located southwest of Damascus, on December 8. This facility is often the target of Israeli air operations.

Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria in recent years, targeting what it says are military sites linked to the militant group Hezbollah. Defense Minister Israel Katz said on December 9 that the army had been ordered to establish full control of a buffer zone along the Syrian border in the Golan Heights.

Mr. Katz stressed that military action along the Syrian border would block arms smuggling routes from Iran into Lebanon as well as the smuggling of weapons across the border by paramilitary groups.

On December 8, Syrian opposition forces, after just over 10 days of uprising, quickly took control of Damascus over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that after negotiations with the opposition, former President Bashar al-Assad agreed to resign and live as a political refugee in Moscow.

Since the Syrian conflict broke out in 2011, the US, UK and other Western powers have accused the government of former President Bashar al-Assad of using chemical weapons against civilians and opposition forces, and have used these allegations as a justification for the US military occupation of oil-rich areas in northeastern Syria since 2014.

Tra Khanh (Source: russian.rt.com)

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