Israel continues to focus on Syrian weapons and navy infrastructure, even after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad three weeks in the past.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned the airstrike focused a weapons depot that belonged to Assad’s forces close to the commercial city of Adra, close to the capital Damascus. The observatory mentioned not less than 11 individuals, principally civilians, had been killed.
Beirut-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV additionally reported the airstrike however put the demise toll at six. The Israeli navy didn’t touch upon the airstrike on Sunday.
Israel, which has launched tons of of airstrikes over Syria for the reason that nation’s rebellion turned-civil battle broke out in 2011, not often acknowledges them. It says its targets are Iran-backed teams that backed Assad. Israel additionally needs to take away a risk posed by weapons in Syria, which is now ruled by Islamists.
Syrian insurgents who ousted Assad in a lightning offensive in early December have demanded that Israel stop its airstrikes.
Elsewhere, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels attacked close to the strategic northern border city of Kobani, which is underneath the management of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, following weekslong clashes.
The SDF shared a video of a rocket assault that destroyed what it mentioned was a radar system south of town of Manbij, which the Turkish-back group captured earlier this month. The Kurdish-led group is Washington’s key ally in Syria, the place it’s closely concerned in concentrating on sleeper cells belonging to the extremist Islamic State group.
