JERUSALEM, March 25, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli army said Tuesday that it
had again struck two military bases in central Syria, a day after the
European Union's foreign policy chief warned strikes there and in Lebanon
risked escalation.

"A short while ago, the IDF struck military capabilities that remained at the
Syrian military bases of Tadmur and T4," the Israeli military said, referring
to bases in Palmyra and another 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the city.

"The IDF will continue to act in order to remove any threat posed to the
citizens of the State of Israel," it added.

Israel said Friday it struck the same bases after a war monitor first
reported the raids.

On Monday during a visit to Jersalem, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas
warned that Israeli strikes on Syria and Lebanon were threatening to worsen
the situation.

"Military actions must be proportionate, and Israeli strikes into Syria and
Lebanon risk further escalation," Kallas said at a joint news conference with
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

"We feel that these things are unnecessary because Syria is right now not
attacking Israel and that feeds more radicalisation that is also against
Israel," Kallas told journalists.

In Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on military sites since
Islamist-led rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad in December.

Israel says it wants to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of new
authorities it considers jihadists.

And despite a ceasefire, Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Lebanon
-- with both sides repeatedly accusing the other of violating the truce.

Israel launched air strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing eight
people, in response to rocket fire that hit its territory for the first time
since a ceasefire took effect on November 27.

No party has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.

The Israeli military has also deployed to the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the
Golan Heights, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the
demilitarisation of southern Syria.

Syria's foreign ministry has accused Israel of waging a campaign against "the
stability of the country".

When asked about Israel's stance towards Syria's new leaders, Kallas said:
"Of course our worries are the same. They say the right things, will they do
the right things?"

"But we have discussed this in the European Union and amongst all the member
states, and our view is that we need a stable Syria," she added.