Syria reports Israeli missile assault on coastal area
DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel introduced a missile assault on western Syria Sunday night and explosions were heard in the coastal area of the war-torn state, Syrian state media described. There was no speedy word on casualties.
Syrian state Tv claimed that Israel’s military services focused quite a few positions in the province of Tartus with out giving more specifics. The Television set reported the missiles ended up fired by warplanes flying in excess of neighboring Lebanon.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war keep track of, explained the Israeli strike targeted a Syrian military air protection foundation in the place of Abu Afsa. It additional that Iran-backed fighters are usually in the foundation.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside of authorities-managed elements of Syria over the past several years, but seldom acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, however, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah that sent thousands of fighters to battle along with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
In June, Israeli airstrikes temporarily place Damascus Intercontinental Airport out of commission.
DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel introduced a missile assault on western Syria Sunday night and explosions were heard in the coastal area of the war-torn state, Syrian state media described. There was no speedy word on casualties.
Syrian state Tv claimed that Israel’s military services focused quite a few positions in the province of Tartus with out giving more specifics. The Television set reported the missiles ended up fired by warplanes flying in excess of neighboring Lebanon.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war keep track of, explained the Israeli strike targeted a Syrian military air protection foundation in the place of Abu Afsa. It additional that Iran-backed fighters are usually in the foundation.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside of authorities-managed elements of Syria over the past several years, but seldom acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, however, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah that sent thousands of fighters to battle along with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
In June, Israeli airstrikes temporarily place Damascus Intercontinental Airport out of commission.