The United Nations says Israeli forces are occupying a demilitarised buffer zone between Israel and Syria in violation of a 1974 ceasefire agreement.
Israeli planes bombed at least three major Syrian army air bases that housed dozens of helicopters and jets in the biggest such wave of strikes on air bases since Bashar al-Assad was toppled, two Syrian security sources said.
Israel also waged several strikes on a research centre on the outskirts of Damascus and a centre for electronic warfare near the Sayeda Zainab area of the capital. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday that UN peacekeepers confirmed “Israeli Defence Forces have entered the area of separation and have been moving within that area where they remain in at least three locations”.The UN Security Council plans to hold emergency closed consultations on Syria later on Monday at the request of Russia, which on Monday said it granted asylum to its longtime ally and ousted Syrian leader Assad., Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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