Fires blazing in an undisclosed Syrian military site near Damascus due to an Israeli aggression on July 14, 2024. (Photo via social media)

Damascus, December 8 (RHC)-- Israeli military warplanes have carried out a new wave of aerial attacks on Damascus and several other parts of Syria hours after President Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed. 

Security sources said Israeli aircraft targeted the al-Mazzeh military base in Damascus and Khalkhalah in the southern al-Suweida part of the country on Sunday.  The warplanes also hit a major security complex in the Kafr Sousa district of Damascus and bombed several residential areas on the outskirts of the capital. 

Loud explosions were reportedly heard following the airstrikes in Damascus.   Attacks were also reported in rural areas of Daraa in the south. The targets included alleged weapon depots, air defense batteries and missile manufacturing facilities.

The Israeli forces earlier launched a foray into Syrian soil and entered the southwestern city of Quneitra near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after militant groups took control of the Arab country.

The Israeli regime’s media also reported the entry of Israeli tanks into Khan Arnabeh, which is to the northeast of Quneitra and five kilometers from the border of the occupied Golan.

The occupation forces were reported to be digging a large trench on the Syrian border and have destroyed what they claim are weapons depots.

The Israeli regime's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he ordered Israeli forces to grab a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria.  He further said the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria has collapsed.

Earlier in the day, the Syrian militant groups raided the capital Damascus and took control of the city’s radio and television station as well as major military and security centers.

The armed groups, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants, announced that they had fully captured the Syrian capital and confirmed reports of the fall of the Assad government.

The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule over the Arab country after the militant group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) stormed and captured the capital Damascus.

Israel had been the principal supporter of terrorist groups that opposed the government of President Assad since the foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria.