On September 15, Syrian military officials reported that several Israeli missiles were intercepted near the Damascus international airport. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that the strike targeted an arms depot near the airport which was previously struck by Israeli surface-to-surface missiles and is associated with Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah arms transfers. The SOHR...
On August 30, geospatial imaging and intelligence firm ImageSat International released aerial imagery of a suspected Iranian surface-to-surface missile (SSM) facility under construction outside Wadi Jahannam in northwestern Syria. Israeli media reports note that the facility bears resemblance to the Iranian Parchin missile factory which has been associated with Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs....
On July 24, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) fired two MIM-104 Patriot missiles at a Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet, shooting down the plane. The aircraft “traveled two kilometers into Israeli airspace” from Syria, according to The Times of Israel. On July 11 and July 13, Israeli fired Patriot missiles at Syrian UAVs flying near or...
On June 25, two Israeli air-to-surface missiles struck near the Damascus international airport from the Golan Heights area. Reports indicated the target was likely a shipment of weapons intended for delivery to Iran-backed, Hezbollah-affiliated fighters in Syria, but confirmation about damages was unavailable. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported than an attempted missile intercept...
On June 24, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that they fired an MIM-104 Patriot air defense system missile at a UAV by the Israeli border near the Golan Heights but operating in Syrian airspace. Flying over Safed, the missile did not strike the UAV, which “was engaged in local operations in Southern Syria,” according...
On May 24, Israeli aircraft launched missile strikes on a Syrian military airport near the city of al-Qasr, northwest of Homs. The target base, Dabaa airport, reportedly hosts Hezbollah and allied fighters. Israeli officials have not commented on the strikes, as is common IDF practice, but the planes’ jet engines could be heard in areas...
On May 9, Iran’s Quds Forces in Syria launched approximately 20 Grad and Fajr-5 rockets at Israeli military bases. The attack came in retaliation to multiple Israeli Defense Force (IDF) strikes on Iranian bases and personnel in recent weeks, killing dozens. The IDF says its Iron Dome intercepted four rockets, while the rest fell on...
On April 13, the United States, United Kingdom, and France launched a joint strike of 105 missiles on Syrian chemical weapons storage and research facilities. The operation came in response to an alleged poison gas attack by the Syrian government on the rebel-held area of Douma. The joint strike, which lasted two minutes, took nearly...
On April 9, Israeli aircraft carried out a missile strike on a Syrian airbase following the Assad government’s chemical weapons attack in Ghouta. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which was the first to publicly detail the attack, two Israeli F-15 warplanes fired a total of eight cruise missiles from Lebanese airspace on Syria’s...
On February 10, Israel clashed with Iranian and Syrian military forces in a series of cross-border strikes. The confrontations began when Israel shot down an Iranian drone that had reportedly penetrated its airspace from Syria. The Israeli military then attacked the command-and-control center from which Iran had launched the drone, at the so-called T4 air...
