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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/04/17/how-israel-destroyed-assads-syrian-navy/
How Israel Destroyed Assad's Navy
(Israel Hayom) Eyal Levi - After the fall of the Syrian regime, Israel was concerned that strategic Syrian weapons would fall into hostile hands. Beginning on Dec. 8, 2024, Israeli ground, naval, and air forces launched an operation that ultimately neutralized 80% of the capabilities left by Assad's military. As part of the operation, the Israeli Navy's Flotilla 3 sank 15 vessels carrying weaponry that could have posed a serious threat to Israeli national security at Syria's naval base at Latakia port. The targeted vessels included Osa 2-class missile boats and Tir 2-class Iranian-manufactured ships. They carried Noor missiles with a range of 200 km. and Styx missiles with a 90-km. range, which could end up in the wrong hands. First, the Israeli Navy missile boats struck Syrian surface-to-air batteries, opening a corridor for Israeli Air Force jets, which then struck missile warehouses and launchers positioned onshore. Then the missile boats destroyed the Syrian vessels.