SOHR: Israeli Airstrike Kills Two in Syria’s Homs

An Israeli airstrike on the T4 military airbase in the eastern countryside of Homs killed two foreign fighters, and injured several Syrians, said the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

 

The state-run Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported that the “Israeli enemy launched their missiles from the direction of al-Tanf” towards the T4 base.

 

SANA reported that six soldiers were wounded in the attack and that there was unspecified damage.

 

Observatory Director Rami Abdel Rahman said the Israeli airstrikes targeted warehouses and a base for drones.

 

The Israeli army refused to comment on the airstrikes, reported AFP.

 

Over the past years, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, targeting the Syrian army and Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces.

 

In September, the Observatory confirmed that Israeli strikes hit positions of Iranian-backed militias.

 

Meanwhile, regime forces renewed their bombardment of the de-escalation zones in northwestern Syria after clashes with opposition factions.

 

A new Turkish military convoy carrying dozens of military vehicles entered into the Idlib countryside, in northwest Syria.

 

Opposition activist Ziad al-Hassan said the regime forces and Iranian militias struck the Himayat and Sirmaniyah villages and areas in Jabal al-Akrad northwest of Hama.

 

The attack injured a civilian and destroyed several homes.

 

Hassan added that a Turkish military convoy entered the Kafr Losin border crossing on Friday. It included about 35 vehicles, with ten armored cars and trucks carrying logistic equipment and roadblocks.

 

The convoy was accompanied by several military vehicles of the opposition factions equipped with medium machine guns.

 

Over 1,300 families were forced to flee villages and towns of Jabal al-Zawiya towards camps near the Turkish border north of Idlib because of the continuous military escalation by the regime and Iranian militias since the beginning of June 2021, he revealed.

 

The families have not received any humanitarian aid from organizations.

 

Meanwhile, the northern countryside of Aleppo witnessed an exchange of artillery and missile fire between Turkish forces and Syrian opposition factions loyal to Ankara, on the one hand, and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on the other.

 

According to activists, the SDF targeted the vicinity of a hospital and a Turkish base in the Azaz area, which is under Turkish control.

 

 

Source: ASHARQ AL-AWSAT