Impact damage following Israeli strikes on the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images Israel stepped up its attacks on regime targets in Syria for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in what it said was an effort to protect the Druze community in southern Syria, after reports that hundreds of residents had been killed in clashes with Bedouin gunmen and Syrian government forces over recent days. Among the targets hit were the palace of President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus, along with tanks, armoured personnel carriers...