Israel wipes out 80 per cent of Syria’s military, including its entire navy

Israel wipes out 80 per cent of Syria’s military, including its entire navy

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The entire Syrian navy has been decimated in an attack by Israel, with 80 per cent of the Assad regime’s military destroyed in the past two days.

After two days of relentless bombing, Israel has destroyed Syria’s entire navy and crippled the country’s other key military assets.

The Israeli Defence Force has carried out 350 strikes of “strategic targets” since Saturday afternoon as Syrian opposition rebels seized control of Damascus and brought an end to the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.

In an operation dubbed ‘Bashan Arrow’, the IDF first took out air defences before shifting focus to weapons stockpiles, armouries and missile production facilities in the capital as well as Homs, Tartus, Latakia and Plymyra.

Overnight, the Israeli Navy destroyed 15 vessels in ports on the coast, which formed virtually the entirety of Syria’s naval force.
As a result of the two-day campaign, an estimated 80 per cent of the former regime’s defence force capabilities have been destroyed, the IDF said, to keep it “out of the hands of extremists”.

“The IDF has acted in the last few days to attack and destroy strategic capabilities that threaten the state of Israel,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said.

Under Assad’s rule, Syria became a key ally of Iran and a thoroughfare for weapons sent to terrorist groups, including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel has said.

Its key concern since the fall of the regime has been that Syrian weapons could be seized by “hostile” forces in the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended a tentative olive branch to Syrian rebels, saying he “would like to form relations with the new regime”, while issuing a stern warning.

“If this regime allows Iran to re-establish itself in Syria, or allows the transfer of Iranian weapons or any other weapons to Hezbollah, or attacks us — we will respond forcefully and we will exact a heavy price from it,” Mr Netanyahu said in a video statement.

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