Israel conducted about 800 airstrikes across Syria since Assad's fall

The Israeli military has launched more than 60 new strikes on Syria, bringing the total number of attacks in a week to about 800. 

Media reports said Sunday Israel struck dozens of sites in Syria overnight with airstrikes. More than 60 Israeli airstrikes took place over the last 12 hours. 

The focus of Israeli airstrikes has been Damascus and its outskirts. Last night, they hit ammunition depots and air defense systems in a district of the Syrian capital.

Attacks also hit some of the ammunition depots in the Deraa province in the south of the country and Homs – located 80km north of Damascus.

In one of the latest attacks, Israeli warplanes targeted a military base near the southern Daraa city in multiple attacks.

Israeli tanks and armored vehicles also pushed into several towns in Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province. They destroyed roads, water networks and power lines.

Israeli forces cut off water, power to several towns in Syria’s Quneitra

Israeli tanks roll into several towns in Syria’s Quneitra, destroying streets, as well as water supply networks and electricity poles in the country’s southwestern province.

Israel is continuing its aggression against Syria, which intensified after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government in Damascus.

The latest airstrikes follow a statement by war minister Israel Katz that Israeli troops, who seized the Golan Heights buffer zone with Syria last week, would remain for the winter on Mount Hermon in positions they occupied last week.

Israeli forces have already seized the so-called buffer zone separating the occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. That violates the UN-brokered 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria.

Arab League condemns Israeli seizure of Syrian territory

The Arab League has passed a resolution that condemns the Israeli occupation of the buffer zone inside Syria.

Israel started bombing Syria soon after the first hours of the fall of President Assad's government. 

Israeli troops moved into a demilitarized zone inside Syria after the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, seized control of the country last week.

Al-Golani now says Israel crossed lines

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the HTS commander, earlier said that Damascus “will not engage” in a conflict with Tel Aviv.

But HTS chief has now criticized the ongoing Israeli aggression against Syria, dismissing as weak the regime’s justification for the incursions and attacks.

Jolani said the Israelis have clearly crossed the disengagement line in Syria. He added that this threatens a new unjustified escalation in the region.

He further said that Israel was using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria.

“Israeli arguments have become weak and no longer justify their recent violations. The Israelis have clearly crossed the lines of engagement in Syria, which poses a threat of unwarranted escalation in the region,” Jolani said.

‘Syria will not engage in conflict with Israel’: HTS chief breaks silence on Israeli assaults

Syria’s de-facto new ruler says that Syria will not engage in a conflict with Israel.

The HTS militant group, supported by the US and its regional allies, has promised to form an inclusive government but the UN says the situation remains "fluid."

Top official: US forces to remain in Syria after Assad’s fall

A senior White House official says American military forces will be staying in Syria after Assad

Regional countries have urged Syrians to work to avert a spiral into chaos after the HTS stormed and captured the capital Damascus. 

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