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Israel struck a shipment of Iranian weapons in the port of Latakia

An Israeli airstrike today struck a consignment of Iranian weapons at a container terminal in its port. Λαττάκειας, in western Syria, in the first Israeli attack on these strategically important facilities, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

From beginning of the war in Syria, in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on Syrian soil, mainly targeting positions of Iranian forces and Hezbollah, which is fighting on the side of the Damascus regime.

The Israeli missiles were aimed at “a cargo Iranian at the container terminal “inside the port, which caused” severe explosions and property damage, without casualties “, according to the Observatory, a UK-based NGO with an extensive network of sources in the war. country.

This is the first time that Israel has targeted the port of Lattakia, the country’s main port, since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Observatory, told AFP, as reported by the Athens News Agency.

“At around 01:23 (Greek time and local time), the Israeli enemy carried out an air raid with missiles targeting the container storage area in the commercial port of Lattakia,” a Syrian military source was quoted as saying by the official SAN.

The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police recruiting center, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.

The Syrian air defense has been activated, SANA reports. Photos, transmitted by the agency, show a fire in the container storage area. Shortly afterwards, firefighters “managed to put out the fire,” according to the agency.

Israel very rarely confirms its attacks on neighboring Syria.

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