The Israeli Air Force struck a clandestine drone research and development site belonging to the Lebanese
Hezbollah terror group in Syria earlier this week, according to a Thursday report by the Saudi-funded al-Arabiya network and its sister channel al-Hadath.Citing unnamed sources, al-Arabiya said Israeli jets struck the Hezbollah site at the al-Qusayr military air base, close to the border with
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, and the northwestern Syrian city of Homs overnight between Sunday and Monday. The strike was not previously reported.
The report said the site belonged to Hezbollah’s 127th unit, which has previously been reported to be responsible for the research, development, and maintenance of UAVs operated by the Iran-backed terror group in Syria.
There was no comment from the Israel Defense Forces, in line with its policy of not generally commenting on air raids in foreign countries.
Separately, Syria accused Israel of launching strikes against sites near the Syrian capital Damascus late Monday, leaving two soldiers maimed.
The second strike, according to al-Arabiya, also targeted an Iranian control center in Damascus. It cited the same unnamed sources.
Al-Hadath published images reportedly showing the two sites that were struck by the IAF in al-Qusayr and Damascus.