SpaceWar.com - Your World At War
Israel strikes hit Syria: Syrian state media
Damascus, July 1 (AFP) Jul 01, 2023
Israel carried out air strikes in Syria near the government-held city of Homs, Syrian state news agency SANA said on Sunday quoting a military source.

"The Israeli enemy carried out air strikes coming from northeast Beirut, targeting some points in the vicinity of the city of Homs," SANA said, quoting the source.

During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.

Syrian air defence intercepted some missiles, SANA said, quoting the same source, adding that there were some "material" losses.

SANA earlier had said the missiles were intercepted in the northern Homs countryside.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the targeted area in the northeastern Homs countryside is a popular Hezbollah stronghold housing arms depots belonging to the Lebanese Iran-backed group.

While Israel rarely comments on the strikes it carries out on Syria, it has repeatedly said it will not allow its archfoe Iran to extend its footprint there.

On June 14, Israel carried out air strikes near Damascus wounding a soldier, according to SANA.

The Observatory said at the time that the strikes had targeted arms depots belonging to pro-Iran fighters.


ADVERTISEMENT




Space News from SpaceDaily.com
Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
How AI and Data Analytics Are Transforming User Experience in Online Platforms

24/7 Energy News Coverage
Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge
Putin decree allows Russia to increase greenhouse gas emissions
Sticky business: India's purchases of Russian oil

Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1
Russia hints at deploying mid-range missiles after ending INF moratorium

24/7 News Coverage
SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
Great Barrier Reef suffers most widespread bleaching on record



All rights reserved. Copyright Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.