{"id":262280,"date":"2025-07-16T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-israel-striking-syrian-military-sites\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:00:24","slug":"why-is-israel-striking-syrian-military-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-israel-striking-syrian-military-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Israel striking Syrian military sites?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1oJ74JWwAcc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is Israel striking Syrian military sites?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oJ74JWwAcc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Israeli airstrikes have targeted Syria&#8217;s military headquarters in Damascus amid renewed clashes in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The gate of the Ministry of Defence in the Syrian capital was targeted by two warning missiles from an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s Military Analyst, Professor Michael Clarke explains why Israel is attacking its neighbour. <\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/israel-attacks-syrian-military-hq-in-damascus-and-issues-warning-to-leave-religious-minority-group-alone-13397411<\/p>\n<p>#syria  #israel #worldnews #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli airstrikes have targeted Syria&#8217;s military headquarters in Damascus amid renewed clashes in the country. The gate of the Ministry of Defence in the Syrian capital was targeted by two warning missiles from an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft. Sky&#8217;s Military Analyst, Professor Michael Clarke explains why Israel is attacking its neighbour. Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/israel-attacks-syrian-military-hq-in-damascus-and-issues-warning-to-leave-religious-minority-group-alone-13397411 #syria #israel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":262281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[135954,129040,129378],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-262280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-airstrikes","tag-have","tag-israeli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is Israel striking Syrian military sites? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why is Israel striking Syrian military sites? for free, here on News ISC. 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