Israeli missile assault in Syria was the eight thus far this 12 months, monitor says.
Israel launched new air raids on areas in Syria the place Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have a presence, a human rights monitoring group mentioned.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned loud blasts had been reported on Saturday night within the neighborhood of Masyaf metropolis in Syria’s western Hama province.
A number of missiles hit targets within the space the place Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah militias are primarily based, in accordance with the Observatory.
“There are warehouses, analysis centres for upgrading missiles and drones. Nevertheless, no casualties have been reported but,” the UK-based monitoring group mentioned in a press release.
The missile bombardment was the eighth assault by Israel on targets inside Syria thus far this 12 months, the monitor added, the latest being in early March when explosions had been reported within the neighborhood of Damascus airport.
State information company SANA, citing a navy supply, mentioned Syrian air defence intercepted quite a lot of missiles and the “Israeli aerial aggression” had inflicted “materials” injury solely.
“At about 19:45 p.m. [16:45 GMT] on Saturday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression from the path of the north of Lebanon that focused some factors within the central area as the military air defences confronted it and shot down quite a lot of missiles,” SANA reported.
Israel has staged a whole bunch of assaults on targets inside government-controlled Syria throughout the years, however hardly ever acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Tel Aviv has indicated that it targets the bases of Iran-allied militias, corresponding to Hezbollah, which has fighters deployed in Syria on the aspect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces within the decade-old civil struggle.
The Iranian presence on its northern frontier is a pink line for Israel, justifying its assaults on targets inside Syria.
In December, Israeli fighter jets fired missiles on the Syrian port of Latakia, a uncommon assault on the very important facility for imports into the war-ravaged nation. The air raid broken delivery containers however didn't inflict casualties, in accordance with studies.
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