Within the final 12 months, Israel averaged almost two day by day assaults on Syria and grabbed extra land within the occupied Golan Heights.
It has been one 12 months since a lightning offensive by allied insurgent teams led to the autumn of Damascus, ending the al-Assad dynasty’s 54-year reign.
But, because the regime collapsed, Israel seized on the instability by considerably escalating its army marketing campaign in Syria, concentrating on a lot of its neighbour’s army infrastructure, together with main airports, air defence techniques, fighter jets, and different strategic services.
Over the previous 12 months, Israel has launched greater than 600 air, drone or artillery assaults throughout Syria, averaging almost two assaults a day, in line with a tally by the Armed Battle Location and Occasion Information (ACLED).
The map beneath reveals the ACLED-recorded Israeli assaults between December 8, 2024 and November 28, 2025.
The majority of the Israeli assaults have been concentrated within the southern Syrian governorates of Quneitra, Deraa, and Damascus, which account for almost 80 p.c of all recorded Israeli assaults.
- Quneitra, adjoining to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, was attacked a minimum of 232 instances.
- Deraa was the second most focused governorate, with 167 recorded assaults specializing in former regime army websites and suspected arms convoys.
- Damascus governorate, which hosts key army highways and logistics hubs, was attacked a minimum of 77 instances. Damascus metropolis, the capital, was attacked a minimum of 20 instances.
Why is Israel attacking Syria?
Whereas Israel’s air assaults have escalated this previous 12 months, it has been attacking Syria for years, justifying its actions by claiming to remove Iranian army installations.
For the reason that fall of the al-Assad authorities, Israel claims it’s attempting to stop weapons from touchdown within the arms of “extremists” – a time period it has utilized to a rotating record of actors, most not too long ago together with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the first Syrian opposition group that led the operation to overthrow al-Assad.
Simply 4 days after the autumn of al-Assad, Israel introduced it had achieved complete air superiority by destroying greater than 80 p.c of Syria’s air defence techniques, with a purpose to stop the brand new Syrian state from posing any army risk.
Since taking energy following the overthrow of al-Assad, President Ahmed al-Sharaa has constantly acknowledged that his authorities seeks no battle with Israel and won’t allow Syria for use by international actors to launch assaults.
Israel grabs extra Syrian land
Within the days following the autumn of al-Assad, Israeli troops crossed into the Syrian aspect of the Golan Heights, which Israel has occupied since 1967, violating the 1974 UN-brokered ceasefire settlement with Syria.
The Israeli army has established a number of army outposts, together with at Jabal al-Sheikh, in close by villages, and inside different areas of the United Nations-monitored demilitarised zone, the place it has carried out frequent air raids and floor incursions.
Israel’s invasion of Syrian land has drawn widespread worldwide criticism. The UN, together with a number of Arab nations, condemned Israel’s actions as breaches of worldwide regulation and violations of Syria’s sovereignty.
Regardless of these condemnations, Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz stated in February that Israeli forces would stay within the space indefinitely to “defend Israeli residents” and “stop hostile entities from gaining a foothold” close to the border.
To visualise the dimensions, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights spans 1,200sq km (463sq miles), an space roughly the scale of New York Metropolis or Better Manchester. The UN buffer zone covers one other 235sq km (91sq miles), corresponding to the scale of town of Baltimore. Moreover, Israel has seized an estimated 420sq km (162sq miles) of Syrian land past the buffer zone, a territory roughly the scale of Denver.
The slider beneath particulars the areas Israel has occupied over the previous 12 months.
