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Israel said to hit defense facility, scientific research center near Syria’s Aleppo

2025-01-03

[IsraelTimes] Resident of area tells AFP that the intensive strikes, the latest since Assad’s fall, ‘turned the night into day’

Syrian media reported an Israeli ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
near Aleppo late Thursday, the latest such attack since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
last month.

According to the Sham FM radio station, the strikes hit a defense facility and a scientific research center near the city of al-Safirah, close to Aleppo.

It was not clear whether the strikes caused any casualties.

A resident of the al-Safirah area told AFP on condition of anonymity: "They hit defense factories, five strikes... The strikes were very strong. It made the ground shake, doors and windows opened — the strongest strikes I ever heard... It turned the night into day."

There was no immediate comment from the IDF.

Since Islamist-led rebels ousted Assad in early December, Israel has conducted hundreds of strikes on Syrian military assets, saying they are aimed at preventing military weapons from falling into hostile hands. Targets have included chemical weapons

...have not been used since WWI except for in Iraq, by the late, unlamented Saddam Hussein and in Syria, but really, honest, not by the Syrian government. And in Germany in WWII, but that was against civilians. Lots of them, just one of many reasons Hitler's also late and unlamented...
sites, missiles, air defenses and air force and navy targets.

Syrian media report an Israeli airstrike on defense facilities near Aleppo
[IsraelTimes] Syrian media report an Israeli airstrike near Aleppo a short while ago.

According to the Sham FM radio station, the strikes hit a defense facility and a scientific research center near the city of al-Safirah, close to Aleppo.

There is no immediate comment from the IDF.

#BREAKING 📰

Israeli air strikes targeted defense factories south of Aleppo, Syria moments ago pic.twitter.com/3N6w91Y4uP
— توفيق گیلاني ⚖️ (@SyriaNewsMan) January 2, 2025

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