Iranian militias attacked?
Syria: Five dead in Israeli attack
05/14/2022, 02:48 am
Israel repeatedly flies attacks against positions of the Iranian militias in neighboring Syria. Several people are said to have died in the recent action. According to the observatory, the targets were weapons depots and military posts.
According to Syrian state media, five people were killed in a rocket attack in central Syria. Seven other people were injured in the attack on Friday evening, including a child, according to the Sana news agency. The airstrike came from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, from the western area of the coastal town of Banias. The Syrian military blamed Israel for the attack.
A civilian was among the fatalities, it said. Several fires have broken out in the forests of Masyaf west of Hama. According to Sana, Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles.
Israeli planes fired at least eight rockets, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. These would have hit weapons depots and military posts of Iranian militias in the Masyaf region. The observatory said four soldiers of unknown nationality were killed and seven injured. It is the twelfth attack by Israel on Syrian territory since the beginning of the year.
Israeli attacks in Syria are seen as an attempt to prevent Iran from expanding its military influence in the region. Iran is one of the main allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Israel initially did not comment on the incident.