Israel bombs targets in Syria

These are the first raids since September, when a Russian plane was accidentally shot down by the Syrian DCA after Israeli gunfire.

Israel conducted air raids on Iranian targets in Syria on Thursday night. These strikes, which are not commented on by the Israeli army, are the first to be reported since the Syrian forces accidentally destroyed a Russian reconnaissance plane with 15 soldiers on board on September 17, during a raid by the Israeli army. Israeli air force in the Latakia region. Moscow had rejected responsibility for the incident on Israel and delivered to Damascus streak of S300 missile defense systems. The new equipment would not be used yet, with Syrian air defense troops still needing training to operate them.

The Israeli hunt reportedly targeted illegal Iranian ammunition warehouses in the south of the country. Explosions have also been heard in the suburbs of Damascus, near the international airport, on land that, according to Israel, was used by Tehran to supply arms to Hezbollah, its Lebanese ally. Others have been reported along the Damascus-Beirut highway, which could indicate that arms transport has been targeted.