Israeli fighter jets have launched strikes against military sites in the Syrian capital Damascus and its countryside, in the latest such raids since militants toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government almost a week ago.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has warned that any aggression on Syrian territories will pose a direct threat to security and stability in the West Asia region.

Houthi says the US and Israel are trying to rearrange West Asia to their liking, and that their plots are aimed at regional nations.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s strikes on Syria and the creation of a “buffer zone” along the occupied Golan Heights.

The Iranian Embassy in Lebanon condemns Israel’s termination of the 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria as a clear attestation to the Tel Aviv regime’s expansionist intentions and disregard for international law.

Israeli military forces have taken over two towns in Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra, and are heading towards areas in the neighboring Dara’a province.

At least 17 Palestinians have been killed in a fresh round of Israeli strikes on various areas across the Gaza Strip.