Opposition groups in Syria advanced to the capital Damascus in just 12 days, bringing an end to the 61-year Ba'ath regime. Following the arrival of the opposition in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad and his family sought refuge in Russia. After Russia also withdrew its forces following Assad, Israel began its operations from southern Syria. MILITARY POINTS IN LATTAKIA AND TARTUS WERE STRUCKIsraeli officials reported that Israeli forces crossed the buffer zone in the Golan Heights and entered Syrian territory for the first time since 1973. Israel has targeted hundreds of locations in post-Assad Syria, and has carried out numerous airstrikes on military points in the western provinces of Lattakia and Tartus. VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS OCCURREDAttacks were carried out on the 32nd Air Defense Brigade, the 107th Military Headquarters, and military headquarters and ammunition depots in the villages of Hreysun, Harab, Mısırhin, and Ballutiyye in Lattakia and Tartus. Violent explosions occurred during the attack on the village of Hreysun in Tartus. EARTHQUAKE MEASUREDThe intensity of the attack measured a 3.0 magnitude earthquake in the region. Meanwhile, the timing of the attack following the withdrawal of Russian soldiers drew attention. RUSSIAN SHIPS HAD LEFT THE PORTThe warships at the Tartus Naval Base, Russia's only naval base outside its territory, had left the port one by one after Assad fled the country.
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