Syria: Israel strikes two military positions south of Damascus

Israeli aircraft struck two military positions south of Damascus on Tuesday, February 25, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, while AFP journalists heard loud explosions and planes over the Syrian capital. "Israeli planes carried out four strikes on the headquarters of a military unit southwest of Damascus. Simultaneously, another Israeli strike hit a military position in the province of Daraa" in southern Syria, the NGO said.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that the military had attacked southern Syria. "The air force is vigorously attacking southern Syria as part of the new policy we have outlined to pacify southern Syria - and the message is clear: we will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon," his spokesman said in a statement.