An airstrike Thursday on the Syrian city of Masyaf that was attributed to Israel struck a missile warehouse containing more than 1,000 Iranian-made missiles, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday.
The warehouse, in the city’s Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) complex, stored thousands of medium-range, surface-to-surface missiles assembled under the supervision of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “expert officers,” the report said.
Syrian air defense systems were activated in northwestern Syria on Thursday, with Syria’s state news agency SANA reporting that local forces were “confronting hostile targets” above Masyaf. Later, the agency said the airstrike was an Israeli attack.
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Civilians injured, Masyaf area ablaze following alleged Israeli strike
According to SOHR’s report, 14 Syrian civilians sustained injuries with varying levels of severity during the Masyaf airstrike, in addition to casualties reported among officials of Iranian-backed militias guarding the SSRC.
Smoke rises after airstrikes on a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, June 15, 2017 (illustrative). (credit: REUTERS/ALAA AL-FAQIR)
In addition, several fires broke out in areas surrounding Masyaf due to shrapnel from the explosions of the warehouse, with nearby civilian houses and property suffering material damage, the report said.
According to Syrian reports, secondary explosions continued for hours after the strikes, along with the blazes caused immediately by them. Local residents were reportedly instructed to shelter in place until the fires were brought under control.
The SSRC has allegedly been targeted by Israeli airstrikes multiple times in the past, including in a rare daytime strike on April 9.
Lon_ami on August 27th, 2022 at 18:33 UTC »
This article is missing a bit of context.
The Israel-Syria border (cease fire line really) is oddly calm most of the time. Unlike, say, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria proper does not attack Israel from Syria. You don't hear of Syria launching missiles at Israel like you do about Hamas and Hezbollah. Instead, on a very regular basis, Israel bombs targets in Syria.
What's really going on is a proxy war between Iran and Israel, using Syria mainly to transport and store weapons bound for Hezbollah, which does most of the actual fighting. Iranian cargo planes fly into Damascus Airport, and unload missiles, which are then taken overland to Lebanon to be launched at Israel. If I had to guess, that's what these missiles were probably bound for, although it's possible Syria was keeping them for their own deterrent use and they just represented an irresistibly juicy target.
There's only been a little bit of direct confrontation in recent decades between Israel and the Syrian military. List here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict_during_the_Syrian_civil_war
First_in_Asa on August 27th, 2022 at 17:16 UTC »
I love how the photo is a connex yard and not a factory.
L0adManager on August 27th, 2022 at 17:14 UTC »
That shit was still burning 24 hours later