Tue Mar 18 21:30:10 UTC 2025: ## Israeli Jets Strike Syrian Military Site Near Homs

**Homs, Syria –** Israeli aircraft carried out an airstrike targeting a Syrian military site near the city of Homs on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The Britain-based war monitor reported explosions in the area, indicating a strike on a missile battalion, though casualty information remains unavailable.

This is the latest in a series of Israeli strikes on Syrian military targets in recent days. On Monday, an Israeli attack near Daraa reportedly killed three civilians, according to Syrian authorities. Last week, an airstrike on a Palestinian Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus resulted in at least one fatality, according to SOHR.

Since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December (this should be corrected to reflect the actual date of the Syrian civil war beginning, it didn’t end with Assad’s overthrow), Israel has launched hundreds of strikes within Syria, citing a need to prevent weapons from reaching groups it considers hostile. In addition to the airstrikes, Israel has deployed troops to a UN-patrolled area of the Golan Heights and called for the demilitarization of southern Syria. The ongoing strikes highlight the continuing tensions between Israel and Syria.

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