Reports: Israel Struck Targets in Aleppo
The Syrian military said Israel on Wednesday carried out airstrikes on an industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing only material damage. Opposition sources said the strikes also hit Iranian weapons depots and a military airport used by Tehran
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| 28/03/2019
Photo: IDF
The Syrian military Wednesday night that Israel struck the Sheikh Najjar industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing damage only to materials.
Two opposition sources familiar with Tehran's military presence in the area said large ammunitions depot and a logistics hub that belonged to Iranian-backed militias inside the industrial zone received direct hits.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the attack also targeted Iranian ammunition stores and Al-Nayrab military airport used by Tehran on the outskirts of the city.
“The Israeli aggression targeted some positions in Sheikh Najjar industrial zone and a number of enemy missiles were brought down," Syria’s SANA news agency quoted an army statement as saying.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that at least seven Iranian-linked militia fighters had been killed in the airstrike.
The blasts caused an electrical blackout in Aleppo, the country's second largest city and a major industrial hub that bore the brunt of years of fighting and heavy Russian and Syrian aerial bombardment on its former rebel-held areas.
Israel has twice before been accused of targeting the Al-Nayrab airbase, adjacent to Aleppo’s international airport in an airstrike last year. Al-Nayrab has in the past been linked with IRGC militia.
While the Israeli military has not commented on the strikes, Israel's acting Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz was quoted as saying that “as far as Iran knows, it’s Israel” who carried out the strikes.
The night strikes come at a time of heightened tension between Israel and Syria, following Monday’s decision by the US administration to recognize Israel’s control over the Golan Heights it captured from Syria in 1967. The decision sparked condemnation and protests in Syria.
[Sources: The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, Israel Hayom]
The Syrian military said Israel on Wednesday carried out airstrikes on an industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing only material damage. Opposition sources said the strikes also hit Iranian weapons depots and a military airport used by Tehran
Photo: IDF
The Syrian military Wednesday night that Israel struck the Sheikh Najjar industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing damage only to materials.
Two opposition sources familiar with Tehran's military presence in the area said large ammunitions depot and a logistics hub that belonged to Iranian-backed militias inside the industrial zone received direct hits.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the attack also targeted Iranian ammunition stores and Al-Nayrab military airport used by Tehran on the outskirts of the city.
“The Israeli aggression targeted some positions in Sheikh Najjar industrial zone and a number of enemy missiles were brought down," Syria’s SANA news agency quoted an army statement as saying.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that at least seven Iranian-linked militia fighters had been killed in the airstrike.
The blasts caused an electrical blackout in Aleppo, the country's second largest city and a major industrial hub that bore the brunt of years of fighting and heavy Russian and Syrian aerial bombardment on its former rebel-held areas.
Israel has twice before been accused of targeting the Al-Nayrab airbase, adjacent to Aleppo’s international airport in an airstrike last year. Al-Nayrab has in the past been linked with IRGC militia.
While the Israeli military has not commented on the strikes, Israel's acting Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz was quoted as saying that “as far as Iran knows, it’s Israel” who carried out the strikes.
The night strikes come at a time of heightened tension between Israel and Syria, following Monday’s decision by the US administration to recognize Israel’s control over the Golan Heights it captured from Syria in 1967. The decision sparked condemnation and protests in Syria.
[Sources: The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, Israel Hayom]
