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SOHR: Syria says 6 soldiers injured in airstrike in Homs province

Syrian state media quotes an anonymous military official as saying an Israeli strike targeted a military airbase in central Homs province, injuring six soldiers

Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli strike on a military air base in the country’s central province of Homs on Friday evening, Syrian state media reported. The airstrike injured six soldiers, according to the report.

The report quotes an anonymous military official as saying that the airstrike took place shortly after 9 p.m. and reached T4 military airbase in the desert.

The official said Syrian air defenses hit most of the incoming missiles. But he reported that six soldiers were injured in the attack and that there was unspecified damage. There were no other details.

In recent years, Israel has reportedly been behind numerous strikes in government-controlled areas of Syria.

Israel has admitted it was attacking bases of militias allied with Iran, such as the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fighting alongside the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the civil war, and arms deliveries. suspected of being bound for Iran supported by Iran. Hezbollah. Syrian pro-government media said the airstrikes hit rural areas in Homs province.

However, Israel rarely comments on individual attacks. Hezbollah sent its operatives to fight alongside Syrian government forces during much of the decade-long conflict.

The pro-Syrian government’s Cham FM radio also reported airstrikes in rural areas of Homs province, near the Syrian military air base T4 in the desert. Al-Ikhbariya state television described the strikes as Israeli aggression.

Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles were aimed at T4 airbase, where Iranian-backed militias have weapons warehouses and a drone base.

 

 

Source: Goad News