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| Israel launches attack on Syria's Latakia | |
| 2024-10-17 | |
[GEO.TV] Israeli "aggression" targeted Syria's Mediterranean port city of Latakia, Syrian state media reported early on Thursday.
Two people were maimed and buildings were damaged, state media reported citing a military statement. SANA claimed that Syrian anti-aircraft defense intercepted "hostile targets" in the skies above Latakia. The news agency reported "fires were triggered by the Israeli aggression" at the entrance to Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashir al-Assad. Video circulated on social media appeared to show large secondary explosions, suggesting the presence of weapons at the targeted site. The Syrian government is allied to the Hezbollah terror group, which began attacking Israel a day after Hamas’s devastating October 7 onslaught, it what it said was a show of support for Paleostinians. The Israeli military, which has launched hundreds of strikes in Syria in recent years, did not comment on the alleged Latakia strike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based monitor of unclear funding, said the Israeli raid "targeted a weapons depot in Latakia city." Strikes have been rare on the port city, which is near the Russian air base in Hmeimim. The Observatory on October 3 reported drones hit a weapons depot near Jableh, located in Latakia province next to Hmeimim. "Huge explosions were heard from far away," the monitor said without detailing the source of the drones. Anti-aircraft defense systems operated by Syria and Russia, an ally of Assad, attempted to intercept the missiles according to the Observatory. Syrian state media did not report on the Jableh strikes. Last month, it was reported that Israeli special forces carried out a massive raid on an Iranian weapons facility in the Masyaf area in Syria, killing at least 14 people, wounding 43, and sparking fires. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I read lastnight on X that the depot was Russian and the Israelis had proof that Hezbollah weapons had come from that depot. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2024-10-17 18:33 |