Syrian authorities insisted Wednesday they would "never be a threat" to anyone in the region, after Israel bombed the country's south in retaliation for overnight rocket fire on the Golan Heights.Israeli media said the projectiles were the first launched from Syria into Israeli territory since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December,

Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria since December 2024, averaging one every three to four days.

Two Syrian groups claimed the first attack against Israel since the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime in Syria. A Syrian official told Reuters that the attackers include “remnants of Assad-era militias linked to Iran” who “have a vested interest in provoking Israeli retaliation.