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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israel raided some sites in Syria’s Hama

2022-04-10

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

#Israel raided some sites in #Syria’s #Hama, and the government says it has shot down some rockets.https://t.co/C0dmq5HuSE
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) April 9, 2022

Picture reportedly of smoke rising near Masyaf following reported Israeli strike https://t.co/FPoym1Mu9J pic.twitter.com/bQcFfELLb9
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) April 9, 2022

Israel bombs central Syria from Lebanon's airspace https://t.co/FI2t3aXQNR
— Naharnet (@Naharnet) April 9, 2022

The Times of Israel adds:

Israel carried out ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on government-held positions in Syria on Saturday afternoon, the state news agency SANA said, without reporting any casualties.

"The Israeli enemy launched an aerial assault from the direction of northern ~~Lebanon~~ Hezbollahstan
<del>Lebanon</del> Hezbollahstan

...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...
targeting a number of positions in the central region," SANA reported, citing a military source.

The news agency said air defenses were activated and intercepted some of the Israeli missiles over the Hama province. It said damage from the strikes was still being assessed. Syria regularly claims to intercept Israeli missiles, though military analysts doubt such assertions.

Local reports said explosions were seen near the town of Masyaf and nearby areas in the west of government-controlled Hama province. Photos posted to social media showed large plumes of smoke in the area.

While alleged Israeli attacks in Syria typically take place under the cover of darkness, Saturday’s strike was conducted at around 6:45 p.m. while the sun was still out, according to SANA.

The area around Masyaf, which is thought to be used as a base for Iranian forces and pro-Iranian militias, has been repeatedly targeted in recent years in attacks widely attributed to Israel.

The area is also home to a facility belonging to the Scientific Studies and Research Center, known as CERS, which itself has been struck several times in the past.

Western officials have long associated CERS with the manufacture of chemical arms. According to the United States, sarin gas was developed at that center, a charge denied by the Syrian authorities.

In early March, Israeli strikes near Damascus killed two officers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic republic’s ideological army. The Guards vowed to avenge the killings and subsequently launched strikes on what they claimed was an Israeli "strategic center" in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.

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