Israeli officials have amplified ethno-sectarian tensions across the country to bolster those threats, claiming Israel’s self-proclaimed role in protecting Syria ’s minority groups – including Alawites, Kurds, Druze, and Christians. Since Bashar Al-Assad’s regime fell on 8 December 2024, Israel has waged a campaign of destabilisation and destruction in Syria . While flagrantly violating international law and disregarding Syria ’s sovereignty, Israel has been recklessly bombing the country and illegally seizing more Syrian land by force. Mapping Israel’s expanding air attacks across Syria Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria since December 2024, averaging one every three to four days. Israeli troops quickly occupied 460 square kilometres of Syrian territory. Syria ’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, repeatedly clarified that his government does not seek conflict with Israel . Yet Israel has not let up: its strikes on Syria in late April 2025 were the heaviest since the Assad regime fell. What explains Israel’s policies? Drawing from military reports, regional policy documents, and academic analysis , this article outlines Israel’s evolving objectives, its buffer zone strategy, and the broader security doctrine that now defines its presence in Syria’s south. Israel has stepped up its attacks on Syrian territory since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December last year. In the three days after Syrian opposition factions swept into Damascus, Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes and missile strikes aimed at destroying the former regime’s entire arsenal. The intensity of Israeli strikes in Syria has increased in 2024 compared to previous years: The current year has seen a marked escalation in Israeli operations against Iranian targets in Syria, with 2024 becoming the most active year, tallying approximately 185 strikes, compared to 154 in 2023. Israel ’ s military operations in Syria in early 2025 signal a major strategic shift, leveraging the security and political vacuum left by the fall of the Syrian regime.
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