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IDF Strikes Syria After Rockets Hit Golan Heights

6/4/2025

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In a dramatic escalation, the IDF launched airstrikes in southern Syria early Wednesday, striking at regime weapons in response to rockets fired into Israel's Golan Heights. The Syrian government condemned the attacks as a violation of sovereignty, intensifying the already fraught tensions in the region amid ongoing Israeli efforts to weaken Syrian military power since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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In a dramatic escalation, the IDF launched airstrikes in southern Syria early Wednesday, striking at regime weapons in response to rockets fired into Israel's Golan Heights. The Syrian government condemned the attacks as a violation of sovereignty, intensifying the already fraught tensions in the region amid ongoing Israeli efforts to weaken Syrian military power since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.