Israel took advantage of the effective evaporation of Syria’s regular armed forces before a rebel offensive to launch a massive strike campaign called Operation Bashan Arrow aimed at destroying 320 of the most valuable remaining military assets and supporting military-industrial facilities of its oldest enduring military adversary While 350 Israeli combat aircraft conducted airstrikes targeting Syrian warplanes, helicopters, missile launchers, air defense systems, tanks, ammunitions depots, chemical weapons stores, and munition factories, on December 9 Israel’s Navy also launched a naval sortie likely involving its Haifa-based Sa’ar 4.5 missile boats (and/or larger Sa’ar-5 and Sa’ar-6 missile corvettes) targeting Syrian Navy...