CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes killed 16 individuals in western Syria and wounded dozens extra in a single day, Syrian state media reported on Monday (Sep 9), the deadliest Israeli assault reported by Syrian authorities for the reason that Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit in April.
There was no fast remark from Israel, which generally stays silent on studies of strikes in Syria.
The Syrian state information company SANA, citing a navy supply, mentioned Israel had launched the strikes at round 11.20pm on Sunday and focused “a variety of navy websites within the central area”, with out elaborating on what was struck.
Syrian air defences had shot down among the missiles, the supply mentioned. SANA cited an area well being official as saying 36 individuals had been wounded, six of whom have been in severe situation.
Two regional intelligence sources mentioned a serious navy analysis centre for chemical arms manufacturing positioned close to Masyaf, in Hama province close to the Mediterranean coast, had been hit a number of occasions. They mentioned it was believed to deal with a workforce of Iranian navy specialists concerned in weapons manufacturing.
Nonetheless, a senior regional navy supply near Damascus and Tehran denied the accounts that it was a chemical weapons facility, saying that the goal was a well known Syrian analysis facility.
