CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes killed 16 individuals in western Syria and wounded dozens extra in a single day, Syrian state media reported on Monday (Sep 9), the deadliest Israeli assault reported by Syrian authorities because the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit in April.
There was no quick remark from Israel, which usually stays silent on studies of strikes in Syria.
The Syrian state information company SANA, citing a army supply, mentioned Israel had launched the strikes at round 11.20pm on Sunday and focused “plenty of army websites within the central area”, with out elaborating on what was struck.
Syrian air defences had shot down a few of the missiles, the supply mentioned. SANA cited a neighborhood well being official as saying 36 individuals had been wounded, six of whom have been in severe situation.
Two regional intelligence sources mentioned a serious army analysis centre for chemical arms manufacturing situated close to Masyaf, in Hama province close to the Mediterranean coast, had been hit a number of occasions. They mentioned it was believed to accommodate a crew of Iranian army consultants concerned in weapons manufacturing.
Nevertheless, a senior regional army supply near Damascus and Tehran denied the accounts that it was a chemical weapons facility, saying that the goal was a widely known Syrian analysis facility.
