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Israel strikes Syria's capital Damascus, NPR, [View all]
10:10 am CDT 7/16/25
Israel on Wednesday conducted airstrikes in downtown Damascus, the Syrian capital.
The Israeli military said the targets included Syria's military headquarters in Damascus as well as another military target near the Syrian presidential palace.
. . .
The strikes came amid ongoing tensions in southwest Syria, home to the minority Druze, whose community straddles the border between Israel-occupied Golan Heights and Syria. The Syrian military joined Bedouin militias in clashes against the Druze.
Israel struck the Syrian military there on Monday and Tuesday in what they said was an effort to protect the Druze and keep the Syrian side of the border demilitarized.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/16/npr-israel-strikes-damascus-syria
The Israeli military said the targets included Syria's military headquarters in Damascus as well as another military target near the Syrian presidential palace.
. . .
The strikes came amid ongoing tensions in southwest Syria, home to the minority Druze, whose community straddles the border between Israel-occupied Golan Heights and Syria. The Syrian military joined Bedouin militias in clashes against the Druze.
Israel struck the Syrian military there on Monday and Tuesday in what they said was an effort to protect the Druze and keep the Syrian side of the border demilitarized.
Too late to put it in LBN (12 hour rule)
So it's now more than a border area skirmish.
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