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| Likely Israel airstrikes ongoing somewhere over Homs |
| 2020-04-01 |
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Plane had been moving between bases used by Iran before Syria attack — monitor [IsraelTimes] The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, says a cargo plane had been shuttling between the Shayrat and T-4 air bases in central Syria before an alleged Israeli strike on the former, citing reliable sources. Observers believe Shayrat to used by Iran as a forward base for bringing weapons into the country. T-4 had been seen as a main base for housing Iran-linked fighters and arms and has been allegedly attacked by Israel several times.
The base is one of the regime’s most significant installations in the center of the country. Syria expert Charles Lister tweets that the base houses fighters from the Hezbollah terror group and the Iranian Quds Force. UPDATE: After flying over #Beirut, #Israel jets have fired two rounds of missiles towards facilities at #Shayrat Airbase in #Homs. That's the same base the #Trump admin hit in April 2017 – it's currently home to a squadron of SyAF Su-29s & the #IRGC & #Hezbollah are there too. https://t.co/wSqB0hD4DL — Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) March 31, 2020 In August, Syria said 31 regime and allied fighters were killed when a weapons delivery exploded. In 2017, US airstrikes hit the base in response to a suspected sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun in northwest Syria that killed more than 80 people. According to the Pentagon, US intelligence had established that the base was the launchpad for the alleged chemical attack. |
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