The Al-Mayadeen media network, which is tied to Hezbollah, reported early Tuesday morning that Israeli tanks are now located only about 20 kilometers from the Syrian capital of Damascus. According to the report, IDF forces have taken control of nine villages in the southern suburbs of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon. In the meantime, Air Force forces overnight continued to carry out extensive airstrikes in the Damascus area, as Israel continues with its mission to destroy all of the Assad regime’s dangerous weapons out of concern they will fall into the hands of extremist rebel groups. Reports on Monday said that the Israeli Air Force carried out over 250 airstrikes in Syria within 48 hours, destroying the Syrian military’s assets, including its Navy, Air Force, chemical weapons production sites, missile manufacturing plants, as well as infrastructure such as major airports and intelligence and military headquarters At the same time, US forces have deployed over 140 satellite-guided bombs against ISIS targets. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)