According to CNN, Isis commanders, operatives, and camps were targeted by the airstrikes, which were carried out by B-52 bombers, F-15 fighter planes, and A-10 aircraft.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the toppling of Assad as a “historic day in the… Middle East” and a setback for Iran, cautioning that it “offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers.”
Shortly after the city surrendered, airstrikes seemed to target a facility at a military airfield outside Damascus. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,
Israeli planes carried out the attacks, which were designed to keep government armaments out of the hands of rebels.
Less than two weeks after a rebel coalition headed by HTS unexpectedly attacked government soldiers in northwest Syria, it happened on a spectacular day.
After midnight, the rebels took control of the Sednaya jail, which is located north of the city, and started freeing inmates.
