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| Israel Attacks Airbase In Central Syria Known To House Russian Troops |
| 2024-08-09 |
| [ZeroHedge] Following late night explosions being reported in the central Syrian region of Homs, state media SANA has subsequently confirmed that an Israeli airstrike has wounded at least four soldiers and caused "material losses" at the Shayrat Airbase. The Israeli attack came from the direction of northern Lebanon. It has become common for Israeli jets to use undefended Lebanese airspace from which to attack targets inside Syria. Images showing a series of large explosions have circulated on social media. Shayrat Airbase has long been well-known also as a base of Russian troop operations over several years. It remains unknown if Russians were present at the base when it was struck late Thursday night. Some Israeli sources have said ammo storage depots were hit, or else 'Iranian assets' were targeted - as is the usual refrain after such operations. The airfield is the same base bombed by then President Trump in April of 2017: Elsewhere in Syria, pro-Damascus Arab tribes in the east are seeking to drive out American occupying forces in the vicinity of Syria's oil and gas sites. Turkish media reported at least nine separate clashes between Syrian Arab militants and US-backed Kurdish groups. "A warplane belonging to the international coalition led by the US made a low flight above the Deir ez-Zor countryside," Anadolu Agency said. One regional report has said the Syrian national army is involved in the fighting: Syrian army troops shelled positions of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Thursday, responding to attacks from the Kurdish militia on its territory in the countryside of the eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled SDF positions in Al-Busayrah city and the towns of Al-Sabha, Bariha, Jadid Bakara, and Al-Dahla in Deir Ezzor’s eastern countryside, Al Mayadeen reported on Thursday. In the evening hours of Thursday there have been unconfirmed reports of a fresh attack against American forces located at the Rumalyn Landing Zone in Northeastern Syria. All of this is happening against the backdrop of continued fierce fighting between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, a situation which threatens to escalate further... Several Israeli Airstrikes just now on the Town of Hanaouay in the Tyre District of Southwestern Lebanon, with Fire and Smoke being seen from Miles by Residents. pic.twitter.com/zSpJusnKIy Related: Shayrat Airbase: 2022-11-14 Syrian air defenses repulsed Israeli missile attack in Homs province, 2 Syrian soldiers toes up, Hezbollah weapons made nice secondaries Shayrat Airbase: 2020-04-14 Iran no longer poses imminent threat to Israel: Mossad to NYT Shayrat Airbase: 2020-04-03 Satellite imagery of likely strike points at Shayrat Airbase in Homs, Syria, following Tuesday nights airstrikes |
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| #2 Senior Hamas official in Lebanon killed in alleged Israeli drone strike near Sidon |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-08-09 14:52 |
| #1 Iranians overtly, overtly enough that planefags tracked a military cargo plane that flew from Iran to Syria yesterday. It was speculated to have had weapons aboard. Those systems are thought to have been destroyed with this airstrike. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-08-09 12:46 |