Israel Strikes Syrian Army HQ Entrance in Damascus; Attacks Reported in Sweida

The Israeli military states it targeted the entrance to the Syrian army headquarters in Damascus. Concurrently, Syrian state media reports Israeli forces struck the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, where Syrian government troops had gathered despite warnings from Tel Aviv. The official Sana news agency stated, “Israeli occupation drones targeted the city of Sweida.” An Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondent witnessed an attack on a military truck at Sweida’s western entrance, the location where government forces had assembled before entering the city. This action follows a report by Axios yesterday indicating that the United States had urged Israel to halt raids against Syrian military forces in southern Syria.