By Tuesday, at least 350 airstrikes had levelled military assets across Syria, taking out warships, fighter jets, drones, tanks, air-defence systems, weapons plants and a wide array of missiles and rockets, according to the Israeli military.
Israeli officials said they were destroying weapons and military facilities to keep them out of the hands of Islamist extremists. The rebel group that led the toppling of the president, Bashar al-Assad, was formerly linked to Al Qaeda and is still designated as a terrorist group by the United States and the United Nations, the New York Times said.
