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2021-12-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria Says Israeli Warplanes Hit Latakia Port Containers
More on this story from yesterday.
[An Nahar] An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia Tuesday, in the first such attack on the key facility, a war monitor said.The Israeli raid "directly targeted an Iranian weapons shipment in the container yard," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Syrian state media reported the strike on the container yard at Latakia port without specifying what was targeted.

The Observatory, a UK-based organization with a wide network of sources on the ground across Syria, said the raid triggered a series of explosions.

It reported "huge material losses" but added there were no immediate reports of casualties.

According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the strike occurred at 1:23 am (2323 GMT Monday).

"Our air defenses repelled the Israeli aggression in Latakia," it said, adding that a number of containers caught fire in the strike.

Latakia is the northernmost of Syria's main ports, and lies around 230 kilometers (140 miles) north of Damascus.

Photos and footage published by SANA showed a fire in the yard but state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said later that firefighters had brought the blaze under control.

Israel rarely comments on the air strikes it carries out in Syria but has said repeatedly it will not allow its archfoe Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
to extend its footprint in Syria.
Posted by Fred 2021-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [22 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran Proxies 

#1 It reported "huge material losses"

Those yuge materials of Latakia,
let 'em be and they come t' fcuk ya.
Repelling a Juice aggression?
Nope, woebegone obsession.
They'll come anywho, and sock ya.

Hiya, all. Sorry, been busy. But I used to check in to read from time to time.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-12-08 10:54||   2021-12-08 10:54|| Front Page Top

#2 welcome back
Posted by Frank G 2021-12-08 11:08||   2021-12-08 11:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank you, Frank.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-12-08 11:13||   2021-12-08 11:13|| Front Page Top

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