{"id":38843,"date":"2025-07-16T10:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=38843"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:50:04","slug":"idf-strikes-syrian-regime-hq-in-damascus-after-sweida-withdrawal-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/16\/07\/2025\/idf-strikes-syrian-regime-hq-in-damascus-after-sweida-withdrawal-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF Strikes Syrian Regime HQ in Damascus After Sweida Withdrawal Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Damascus, Syria &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it struck the entrance of the Syrian regime\u2019s military headquarters in the Damascus area, citing continued attacks by regime forces against Druze civilians in southern Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an official <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IDF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on X, the IDF said it is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cmonitoring developments and the regime\u2019s actions against Druze civilians,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adding that the strikes were conducted <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cin accordance with directives from the political echelon\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that its forces remain prepared for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cvarious scenarios.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the Spiritual Leadership of the Druze Unitarian Muslims issued an urgent global appeal, calling on world leaders, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II, to intervene immediately to save Sweida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/16\/07\/2025\/syrian-forces-shell-sweida-as-israeli-jets-strike-regime-targets\/#\">Syrian Forces Shell Sweida as Israeli Jets Strike Regime Targets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMassacres are being committed in plain sight of the world, and the deadly silence continues,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the statement read, stressing that the plea is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cnot political, but humanitarian and moral.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier today, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli army will continue to strike Syrian regime forces until they withdraw from Sweida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katz added that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe IDF will continue to strike regime forces until they withdraw from the area, and will soon escalate its response against the regime if the message is not understood,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/katz-warns-israel-will-continue-strikes-on-syrian-forces-unless-they-withdraw-from-druze-city\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Times of Israel<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He stated that Israel will enforce the disarmament policy established for southwestern Syria and will continue to protect the Druze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting vehicles belonging to Syria\u2019s Ministries of Defense and Interior in and around the city of Sweida, according to Israeli media reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haaretz quoted a military source saying that Israeli aircraft targeted dozens of Syrian government vehicles in Sweida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweida, a predominantly Druze city in southern Syria, has been under siege in recent days, facing reported shelling, home raids, and severe shortages of food, medicine, and electricity. 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