Israel Launches Strikes on Syrian Military Headquarters in Damascus

The airstrikes come amid violence in and around the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria.
Israel Launches Strikes on Syrian Military Headquarters in Damascus
Members of Syria's security forces deploy in an area near the Syrian capital Damascus on April 30, 2025. Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Israel said on Wednesday it launched airstrikes in the Syrian capital of Damascus, damaging the country’s defense ministry near its presidential palace, amid fighting in southern Syria.

“The IDF struck the entrance of the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a post on social media platform X.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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