[An Nahar] Israeli warplanes have struck a military base near the Syrian city of Latakia, targeting missiles that might have been destined for Hizbullah, CNN quoted an B.O. regime official as saying on Thursday.| Also reported by ABC News. |
The target, according to the B.O. regime official, was "missiles and related equipment the Israelis felt might be transferred to Hizbullah."
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The News Agency that Dare Not be Named also quoted U.S. officials as saying that Israeli warplanes attacked a military target inside Syria.
An B.O. regime official confirmed the attack happened overnight Thursday but provided no details.
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Another security official said that the attack occurred in the port city of Latakia and that the target was Russian-made SA-125 missiles.
Another U.S. official confirmed to Agence La Belle France Presse that "there was an Israeli strike" but gave no detail on the location or the target.
"Historically targets have been missiles transferred to Hizbullah," the official said.
Israeli government officials contacted by AFP refused to comment on the reports.
Leb's MTV quoted unnamed sources in Jerusalem as saying that Turkey was behind the Latakia attack, in Dire Revenge™ for the recent shooting down of a Turkish plane in the same area.
Earlier on Thursday, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television quoted unnamed sources as saying that two Israeli
The raids totally destroyed shipments of SA-8 surface-to-air missiles destined for Hizbullah, the sources said.
Al-Arabiya also quoted sources from both the Syrian opposition and regime as saying that a Latakia air defense base was targeted Wednesday night by a rocket fired from the Mediterranean Sea. Israel's Channel 2 said a missile fired from a warship targeted a Russian S-125 missile system that has recently arrived at the Latakia military base.
Also on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a series of kabooms struck an air base in Latakia, a regime stronghold.
"Several kabooms were heard in an air defense base in the Snubar Jableh area" on Wednesday, said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
He said the cause of the kabooms is "unclear" and that no casualties have been reported.
A Syrian security source meanwhile told Agence La Belle France Presse that "a rocket fell near the base, causing a fire to break out."