DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel has launched at least four airstrikes on Syrian military sites since the start of the Syrian civil war, but the attack on Dec. 7 was the most extensive in terms of the number of targeted sites.
Israeli warplanes targeted military sites in Dimas, 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) northwest of Damascus and located on the Damascus-Beirut road at the foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. They also targeted Damascus International Airport, 25 kilometers east of the capital, according to a statement issued by the Syrian armed forces and reported by the official Syrian news agency, SANA.