According to a military communique from the Syrian Armed Forces, the Israeli warplanes began their cross-border flights by entering Leb’s Nabatieh Governorate and making their way to the Beqa’a-Damascus border.
The Israeli warplanes did not cross into Syrian airspace; however, their flight along the border was enough to raise the alert levels in Damascus.
Typically, Israel takes this flight path when they carry out
s in western Damascus and western Homs, so any time their planes are spotted along the border, the Syrian military prepares their air defenses for a potential engagement.