The Israeli government has approved a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone.
As Islamist-led rebel forces swept Syrian president Bashar al-Assad out of power last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered troops to seize the demilitarised zone between the two countries' forces on the Golan Heights.
Mr Netanyahu's office said the government approved a plan to double the population on the Israeli-held Golan Heights.
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Israeli warplanes launched multiple airstrikes late Sunday, targeting former military arsenals across Syria.
ReplyDeleteThe latest raids hit missile bases in Battalion 107 near Zama and weapons warehouses in rural Tartus, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Earlier in the evening, an Israeli jet reportedly struck radar installations at the Deir Al-Zour Military Airport in eastern Syria.
Earlier Sunday, Israeli aircraft targeted former munitions depots dug into mountains in Rural Damascus, causing a series of powerful explosions.