A series of Israeli strikes against Syrian positions near the western towns of Hama and Tartous injured two civilians on Thursday (August 25th), the official Sana news agency reported, adding that most of the missiles dropped had been intercepted.
“Israeli strikes targeted positions and depots of weapons and ammunition of Iran-affiliated militias” during several air raids, for its part specified the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), noting “several victims”without further details.
The NGO, which is headquartered in London and has an extensive network of sources in Syria, added that about four hours later, explosions still sounded at times in the depots, continuing to fuel fires, “some of which in a very important way”. Those are “among the most violent Israeli strikes against Iranian militia positions in view of the explosions that continue”, she continued. A Syrian air force officer is also, according to the same source, missing.
American strikes
Israel, a neighbor of Syria, rarely comments on the strikes on a case-by-case basis, but has admitted to having carried out hundreds since 2011. The Israeli army has presented them as being necessary to prevent Iran from establishing itself on its doorstep.
Meanwhile, the US military announced on Thursday that it had killed four members of armed groups linked to Iran in 24 hours in eastern Syria, in response to rocket fire that injured several soldiers. Americans in the area.
This is the third consecutive day of firefights in Syria between US forces and armed groups suspected of being linked to Iran. Tehran, however, on Wednesday denied any link with the groups targeted by the American strikes in Syria.
Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, pro-Iran factions have been sent to fight alongside Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. Iran says it has no troops in Syria but says “advisers” soldiers from the Revolutionary Guards, its ideological armed wing, operate alongside the regime.