BEITRU, Lebanon, July 16 (UPI) -- Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus om Wednesday, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and an area surrounding the presidential palace. The attack killed three people and wounded 34 others, according to media reports and the Syrian Health Ministry.

The conflict has already claimed dozens of lives and drawn in Syrian security forces

Israel had vowed to ramp up its attacks unless Syrian government forces withdrew from the southern city of Suwayda

Syria's army began withdrawing from violence-hit Sweida on Wednesday after Israeli strikes on Damascus and US calls for a pullback from the Druze-majority city, state media said. Washington, which seeks…

Israel’s influential Druze minority, with ties to southern Syria, has raised alarm over reported massacres across the border. Despite no direct attack, Israel struck Syria, citing its pledge to prevent enemy forces and instability near its borders, as FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains from Jerusalem.

DAMASCUS: Israel bombed the Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday (Jul 16) after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland, where a war monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people. The strikes marked Israel's most forceful int

Syrian health ministry says at least one person killed and 18 others wounded in the strikes on Damascus.

Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

Israel struck part of Syria on Wednesday as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on. Here's what to know.

Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defense ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw. The attacks marked a significant Israeli escalation against the Islamist-led administration of interim…

Damascus: The Syrian interim authorities on Wednesday strongly condemned recent human rights violations reportedly committed in the southern province of Sweida, pledging to hold those responsible...

Syria announced it had begun withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city on Wednesday night after agreeing to a new ceasefire that it said would bring a complete halt to its military operations there.

Syrian authorities were accused on Tuesday of carrying out summary executions of civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida, where Israel said it had launched strikes against government forces in defence of the religious minority. Damascus had deployed troops to the area after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes killed more than 100 people. 

At least 89 people have been killed in violent clashes between Bedouin tribes and local Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, a war monitor reported Monday. As the Syrian government scrambles…

Israel said the bombing was a warning to the Syrian government to leave the Druze minority alone.

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday labelled the current situation in Sweida and south western Syria as "very serious", while also assuring that the Israeli Defence...

The Israeli military launched airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters. Another strike hit near the presidential palace in the hills outside of Damascus (AP video shot by Abd al-Rahman Shaheen).

Israel has carried out a series of airstrikes on key government sites in the Syrian capital, Damascus, including the Ministry of Defence and areas near the presidential palace. The attacks coincided with ongoing Israeli operations targeting Syrian government forces in the southern city of Suwayda, where clashes have erupted between state security units and the local Druze community.

Following Israeli strikes near Damascus, killing one and injuring 18, US Secretary of State Rubio expressed

Clashes between Druze and Bedouin communities in southern Syria prompt Israeli military action as Secretary Rubio expresses hope for de-escalation amid Middle East peace efforts.

The video clip shared by Israeli Defence Minister, Israel Katz on X, showed the anchor reading news about the latest strikes by the Jewish nation on Syria.

Watch the dramatic moment an Israeli airstrike hit a Syrian military HQ on live TV as the journalist attempt to flee the scene in panic.

Dozens of people have been killed in fighting between local militias and clans in Syria ’s Sweida province, where government security forces sent to restore order Monday also clashed with local armed groups. Story by Luke Shrago.

Israel has stepped up its strikes on Syria, sending additional troops to the border amid escalating tensions in the region.

War escalated on Wednesday, July 16, as Israel bombed Syria’s ministry of defence headquarters. The stunning video trended on social media platforms.

War monitor reports 248 killed in clashes in Syria's Sweida province, including Druze minority members and security personnel.

Israeli military responds to protect Syrian Druze from Islamist militants as local Druze citizens cross the border to aid their brethren, prompting concerns from Israeli officials.