New elements come today (17.07.2025) in the light of publicity for the blows that launched yesterday (16.07.2025) the Israel in Damascus, as according to information sources, west diplomats They went near the Syrian Ministry of Defense at the time of the bombings.
Two people with knowledge of the situation and an eyewitness said, as reported by the Reuters agency, that a shielded western diplomats were approaching the Syrian Defense Ministry in the Damascuswhen Israel hit the building with rockets.
The Israel Defense Force has released footage showing strikes earlier by the Air Force against the Ministry of Defense and General Staff Headquarters of the Syrian Army in the capital of Damascus. The IDF also confirms it carried out strikes near the Presidential Palace, adding… pic.twitter.com/gioDvjSdU4
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No one from the motorway was injured and she continued her way, said information sources in Reutersrefusing to give more details about the nationalities or number of involved.
Footage showing a closer angle of today’s strikes by the Israeli Air Force against the Syrian capital of Damascus, which destroyed the Ministry of Defense and General Staff Headquarters in support of Pro-Assad Druze-majority militias in the Suwayda Governorate of Southern Syria. pic.twitter.com/Rx05lPzjJ4
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Israel launched strong aircraft against Damascus on Wednesday (16.07.2025), blasting a part of the Ministry of Defense and hitting close to presidential palace.
Strikes by the Israeli Air Force have now totally destroyed the Ministry of Defense and General Staff Headquarters in the Syrian capital of Damascus. pic.twitter.com/ANa5rG4JTz
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Also, Israeli air forces hit government security forces attempted against fighter by the minority of Drag of the country in the southern province Superstar.
Syrian medical source said that Five members of security forces were killed by blows to the ministry.
Israel claims that its blows are part of an attempt to protect the minority of the Drussians in southern Syria, a claim rejected by the Syrian president, who said Israel was intended to undermine the new government’s efforts to unite the country.
On the other hand, Foreign Minister Johann Vandeful condemned the attacks on Drouzas in Syria «in the most categorical mannerAnd requested that the agreement on a ceasefire be respected.
“Those in charge must be held accountable. But the fact that weapons have been silenced – after the intervention of our US partners – is a good news. What is crucial now is all sides to comply with the agreement and stop hostilities, “Mr Vandfoul said.
He addressed the Syrian government and stressed that “it must protect its citizens from violence, regardless of religious or ethnic descent.”
Referring to Israeli attacks on targets in Syria, the Foreign Minister called on “all domestic and foreign actors not to do something that could endanger Syria’s stability and the transition process” to add: “Syria should not become a field of peripheral tensions».