Following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Israel is taking no chances when it comes to potentially hostility. The Jewish state launched airstrikes targeting military assets in Syria last week in order to establish what Israeli defense minister Israe ...

Overnight strikes targeted former army positions, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists.

Israel is systematically conducting further attacks on military facilities in Syria. During the night of December 15 to 16, the targets were facilities in the Tartus region, in western Syria, where Russia has its military base.