Israeli forces carry out large-scale attacks across Syria, including Damascus

Israeli forces have carried out large-scale attacks across Syria, targeting three major airports and other strategic military infrastructure, including in the capital, Damascus.

Meanwhile, toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s prime minister says he has agreed to hand power to the opposition-led Salvation Government, headed by Mohammed al-Bashir.

The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said its firefighters have put out a fire in Damascus following Israeli attacks that targeted scientific research centers on the city’s outskirts.  

The Syrian Civil Defense said rumors of toxic gases in the city were not true.  “We confirm that there was no evidence of unusual toxic fumes during the extinguishing of the fire, and no cases of suffocation were observed among civilians,” it added on X.

In other news, Qatar, Iraq and Saudi Arabia condemn Israel’s “dangerous” land grab in the Syrian Golan Heights, as UN peacekeepers accuse it of violating the 1974 ceasefire deal that ended the 1967 war.