Syria conducts first fighter jet exercise under new leadership amid IDF air defense concerns

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

A year and eight months after the IDF declared the Syrian air force destroyed, Israeli defense officials say Syria has significantly accelerated its rebuilding in recent weeks. In the past day, Syria carried out its first exercise of its kind using fighter jets in the north of the country. Under a-Sharaa, Syria is receiving support from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Russia, France and other states in the region. Despite talk of a future security agreement with Israel, defense officials are tracking de