As Israeli strikes on Syria intensify to cut off supply routes between Iran and Hezbollah, targeting the Syrian depth, Moscow, an ally of the Syrian regime, adopts a bystander position regarding these attacks, limiting its role to denunciation and making statements.
Since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, 2023, launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Israel has escalated its strikes in Syria, mainly focusing on southern and central Syria.
Russia has not taken any action in response to these strikes, but it consistently condemns them and releases statements against them.
Among the most notable strikes was the attack on the Scientific Research Center in Masyaf, west of Hama, which is located about 70 kilometers from the Russian Hmeimim airbase in southern Latakia.
The New York Times reported about an airdrop coinciding with the bombing and the seizure of documents from the research center.
Additionally, the Mezzeh area in Damascus has become a stage for a series of assassinations and attacks targeting leaders and members of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Recently, Israel has been targeting the Syrian-Lebanese border, claiming it is cutting off supply routes for the regime and Iran to Hezbollah.