Tag: Homs

The strike, aimed at sites near the city of Homs, took place a few days before an Iranian arms delivery to Hezbollah was scheduled to take place.

The missile fire targeted weapons and ammunition sites, including an air defense battery.

Multiple sources blamed the Israeli Air Force for the strikes, and several claimed that missiles launched from the direction of northern Lebanon were targeting the Shayrat Air Base.

Once a week, Israel has attacked a target in Syria in November.

Syria stated media claimed that the explosions were the result of a “human error” caused by troops moving ammunition.

Bennett said: "Not only do we continue to block Iranian consolidation in Syria, we have moved unequivocally from blocking to pushing them out."

Local sources said the air strikes were aimed at Iran's IRGC Quds Force and Hezbollah targets in Syrian army bases near the T-4 Air Base and Palmyra.

"This development comes as Al-Shayrat airport has become Iran’s air base in Syria for storing weapons and leading operations.”

The Israeli Air Force last attacked T4 on February 10, 2018, destroying the main observation tower.

Last week, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said: "The more Iran tries to build on Syrian soil, the deeper it will sink into the Syrian sands."

The entire area of the ​​eastern Homs district which is known as the Syrian Desert is a huge no man's land.

Damascus, Homs, and Tartous are among the areas were Iranian military sites were attacked overnight.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims five were killed in the attack.

AFP inquired with the Coalition forces whether they were behind the attack but did not receive a response.

Arab media reported several explosions were heard in the area, in addition to the sounds of the S-200 missile defense system being activated.

A SANA report headlined Explosions heard in Hama and Aleppo countryside, authorities working to identify their cause.

Syrian state media claimed earlier in the day that Syrian air defenses had shot down at least nine Israeli missiles, but left out information about whether any of the missiles had hit their target.

“It was the first time we attacked live Iranian targets, both facilities and people,” the IDF officer told The New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman.

A Russian diplomat accused the Allied forces of hampering the OPCW investigation of the bombed sites, by obliterating potential evidence of illegal chemicals.

Incoming US National Security Adviser John Bolton coordinated over the phone with Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat prior to the attack.

The two men “discussed the Syrian issue, including in light of the recent missile strikes by the Israeli Air Force on the T-4 airfield in the Homs province."

Arab sources say Israel hit a secret Iranian command and control center in Syria.

Syrian weapons are shared with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrilla group that is dedicated to Israel's annihilation.

This would be the first attack ordered by the new defense minister Avigdor Liberman.

NATO has warned Russia to keep its aircraft, currently in Syria, out of Turkey's air space.

Russian control of Syrian airspace places both Israeli and American air forces in immediate danger.

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