Israel Strikes in Syria: Are We Headed for a Regional War?

As Syria rebuilds post-Assad, Israel launches more attacks, disrupting the national dialogue and asserting control over southern Syria as part of a regional escalation. Israel carried out several drone strikes on military infrastructure near the southern Syrian town of Khan Arnabeh on Tuesday, less than a day after airstrikes in the Daraa Governorate were said. Israel has attacked several locations across Syria , a move condemned by Damascus as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty. Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, said the attacks. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of war - torn Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses the operations. The strikes often target Syrian forces or Iranian-backed groups. Israel’s persistent and escalating attacks – most notably the April 2025 strikes on targets adjacent to al-Shara’s presidential palace – look less preventative and more like an increasingly brazen attempt to goad Syria into a war. Fresh clashes in the southwestern border region between Syria and Israel killed at least six Syrians, Syria 's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. As of now, however, it remains unclear if those. Israeli forces advanced several kilometres into southern Syria this week, where they destroyed homes and razed vast acres of land, as Israel 's strikes with Iran entered its second week. The Israeli military says it launched strikes on weapons belonging to the Syrian government in southern Syria , hours after two projectiles were fired from Syria into the Israeli-occupied Golan. Israel is carrying out an unprecedented wave of deadly strikes in Syria targeting cargo trucks, infrastructure and people involved in Iran's weapons lifeline to its proxies in the region, six. Israel has conducted new airstrikes on Syria ’ s coast and ground raids in the country’s south, part of a recent wave of attacks that Israel says are necessary for its security and that have.