Syrian defence ministry states the ‘aerial aggressiveness’ originated from the Mediterranean and struck a variety of locations.
Israel has actually targeted Iranian military positions in Syria’s Aleppo with an air raid, triggering some product damage, according to the Syrian Ministry of Defence.
“Israel performed an aerial hostility from the instructions of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, targeting a variety of points south of the city of Aleppo,” the declaration stated on Saturday.
The Syrian state media, pointing out a military source, stated “the Israeli opponent performed an air attack … targeting a variety of points south of the city of Aleppo” at about 5:20 pm (14:20 GMT) on Saturday.
Pro-government radio station Sham FM stated the attacks were near Aleppo’s airport, however did not harm it.
“It appears these attacks in Aleppo were performed from the sea,” Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reported from Naqoura in southern Lebanon.
“Warplanes were located over the Mediterranean when they introduced the rockets towards numerous targets in the city of Aleppo.”
Throughout more than a years of war in Syria, Israel has actually released numerous air raids on its area, mainly targeting Iran-backed forces consisting of Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, along with Syrian army positions.
Israel magnified its attacks given that its military operation in Gaza started on October 7, triggering stress throughout the Middle East.
Hashem stated the Aleppo attack was “not extraordinary”.
“On a number of events, there were attacks on Aleppo, on Damascus, and the other day [Friday] there was an attack on Albu Kamal, a location on the border in between Syria and Iraq,” he stated.
“It appears this belongs to a pattern, due to the fact that the group that was connected to Albu Kamal was connected to the Iranian IRGC leader who was eliminated in Damascus simply days back,” he included.
On Monday, an Israeli air raid outside the Syrian capital Damascus eliminated a senior advisor in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Sayyed Razi Mousavi was accountable for collaborating the military alliance in between Syria and Iran.
Tit-for-tat on Israel-Lebanon border
The attack on Aleppo followed another Israeli air raid on a border town in southern Lebanon previously on Saturday.
The attack followed Iran-backed group Hezbollah declaring obligation for 3 attacks on Israeli military bases on the border, Al Jazeera’s Hashem reported.
“There were numerous Israeli air raids generally on the town of Bint Jbeil … According to reports, there are no casualties,” he stated.
“Another town more detailed to the border of Israel was likewise struck by an Israeli attack in a house. This raises the danger of civilian casualties every day,” he stated.
Israel and Hezbollah, together with a handful of smaller sized armed groups that run in southern Lebanon, have actually settled into a constant rhythm of tit-for-tat exchanges because the Gaza attack started.
A minimum of 21,672 Palestinians, the majority of them ladies and kids, have actually been eliminated in Gaza in almost 3 months of Israeli operation, which has likewise displaced almost the strip’s whole 2.3 million population.
The attacks in Syria and Lebanon likewise come amidst worries that Israel’s war in Gaza might broaden into a larger local dispute.
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Al Jazeera and news firms