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IDF confirms airstrikes on Syrian military airbases targeting ‘remaining strategic capabilities’
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms carrying out airstrikes on the Palmyra military airport and the nearby T-4 airbase in central Syria a short while ago.
According to the IDF, the strikes targeted “remaining strategic military capabilities” at the two sites.
The airstrikes were carried out after the Israeli Air Intelligence Group — the Israeli Air Force’s intel unit — had been monitoring weapons and other strategic capabilities at the two military sites in central Syria over the recent period.
The strikes carried out by IAF fighter jets on the Palmyra military airport and the nearby T-4 airbase are described by military sources as “extensive,” taking out capabilities that will preserve Israel’s aerial superiority in the region.
Following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December, Israel has vowed to destroy weapons in Syria it fears could fall into the hands of “hostile forces” that may seek to attack Israel.
צה"ל תקף לפני זמן קצר יכולות אסטרטגיות צבאיות שנותרו במרחב הבסיסים הצבאיים הסורים תדמור ו-T4.
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