ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - An Israeli airstrike on Saturday morning killed two soldiers of the Syrian army in the country’s central and coastal regions while injuring another soldier, Syrian state media said.
“At 6:30 Saturday morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an aggression over the Mediterranean from the direction of Baniyas, targeting some points in the central and coastal regions as the Syrian air defenses intercepted the missile aggression,” SANA cited a military source as saying.
The strike resulted in the deaths of four Syrian regime soldiers and the wounding of another, while also inflicting significant material damages, according to SANA.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the strikes targeted Iranian-backed militias in Homs, Hama, and Latakia provinces, adding that “weapons and ammunition of Iranian-backed militias” were destroyed by the airstrikes.
Another Israeli strike on Sunday killed two Syrian army soldiers and wounded three others in the central Homs province, Syrian media reported at the time while also broadcasting footage of air defense systems countering the Israeli projectiles.
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its 11-year civil war, often claiming to target Iran-affiliated militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which supports the Syrian army.
However, such attacks are rarely acknowledged by Israel.
“At 6:30 Saturday morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an aggression over the Mediterranean from the direction of Baniyas, targeting some points in the central and coastal regions as the Syrian air defenses intercepted the missile aggression,” SANA cited a military source as saying.
The strike resulted in the deaths of four Syrian regime soldiers and the wounding of another, while also inflicting significant material damages, according to SANA.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the strikes targeted Iranian-backed militias in Homs, Hama, and Latakia provinces, adding that “weapons and ammunition of Iranian-backed militias” were destroyed by the airstrikes.
Another Israeli strike on Sunday killed two Syrian army soldiers and wounded three others in the central Homs province, Syrian media reported at the time while also broadcasting footage of air defense systems countering the Israeli projectiles.
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its 11-year civil war, often claiming to target Iran-affiliated militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which supports the Syrian army.
However, such attacks are rarely acknowledged by Israel.
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