Syrian media say unidentified planes bombed three Iranian-controlled arms depots on Saturday night and killed members of the Tehran-backed militia.
Some news outlets in the country said that four fighters were killed and five others in the strike. The Syrian government did not immediately release an official number.
According to the Syrian Step News Agency, the airstrikes occurred around 10 pm. Saturday, in Syria's Balkmal region, targeting three arms shops near the Iraqi border, an area that has been the site of several Israeli attacks in the past year.
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The outlet cited "well-placed resources" that the four people killed were guards in warehouses that were members of the Iranian-backed militia.
Britain's Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Monitor says at least five militants were killed in the strike.
Although, defense analysts have suggested that Israel is a potential actor, there are no immediate reports of the attack.
The Israeli military does not, as a rule, comment on specific air strikes on Syria, except for retaliation for attacks on Israel.
The new Defense Minister Nafatli Bennett (R) met the IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on 13 November 2019. (Ariel Harmony / Ministry of Defense
Defense Minister Nafatli Bennett said on Sunday that Israel was taking steps to strengthen Iran's military presence from Syria.
"We're telling the Iranians: Syria will be your Vietnam," he said, referring to the disastrous American war.
"If you do not leave, you will be forced and you will shed blood because we will work without hesitation to remove the offensive forces from Syria," Bennett said.
The attacks took place on Saturday night following reports of a similar attack in the same area.
According to Step News, an unidentified aircraft bombed another Iranian-controlled arms stock in Bolkom last Wednesday, causing a major explosion.
The outlet reported that the planes fired several missiles into the warehouses of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at al-Hamdan airport outside Dir-Azor. The news site reported that troops on the ground carried anti-aircraft weapons on the attacking aircraft. No casualties were reported in that attack.
Satellite image of an overnight air strike at Iran's military base in Syria's Bokmal region near the Iraqi border on September 9, 2019. (Imageshot international)
Abulkamal, near the Syrian border with Iraq, is considered an important region for Iran, and it has plans to establish a land corridor to the Mediterranean Sea for easy transportation of material and fighters into the Middle East.
Three weeks after the fire between Jerusalem and Tehran, the IRGC armed cache was bombed, during which Iranian forces fired several rockets from Syria into northern Israel, and Israeli security forces launched an airstrike on Iran and Syrian military bases. Retaliated with the series.
According to the Syria War Monitor, at least 23 combatants were killed in the attacks, 16 of them Iranian. According to an Israeli official, the military believes the casualties have increased, with actual deaths expected to be close to 10.
Israel has repeatedly said that it will not accept Iran's military base in Syria and will retaliate against any attack on the Jewish state from Syria.
While it does not normally comment on specific attacks, Israel has admitted that it has conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Syria against Iranian targets over the years. Iran is in Israel's northern neighbor, Syria, and supports Hezbollah and Gaza militants.
Some news outlets in the country said that four fighters were killed and five others in the strike. The Syrian government did not immediately release an official number.
According to the Syrian Step News Agency, the airstrikes occurred around 10 pm. Saturday, in Syria's Balkmal region, targeting three arms shops near the Iraqi border, an area that has been the site of several Israeli attacks in the past year.
Get Israel's daily edition of the Times by email and never miss our top stories
The outlet cited "well-placed resources" that the four people killed were guards in warehouses that were members of the Iranian-backed militia.
Britain's Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Monitor says at least five militants were killed in the strike.
Although, defense analysts have suggested that Israel is a potential actor, there are no immediate reports of the attack.
The Israeli military does not, as a rule, comment on specific air strikes on Syria, except for retaliation for attacks on Israel.
The new Defense Minister Nafatli Bennett (R) met the IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on 13 November 2019. (Ariel Harmony / Ministry of Defense
Defense Minister Nafatli Bennett said on Sunday that Israel was taking steps to strengthen Iran's military presence from Syria.
"We're telling the Iranians: Syria will be your Vietnam," he said, referring to the disastrous American war.
"If you do not leave, you will be forced and you will shed blood because we will work without hesitation to remove the offensive forces from Syria," Bennett said.
The attacks took place on Saturday night following reports of a similar attack in the same area.
According to Step News, an unidentified aircraft bombed another Iranian-controlled arms stock in Bolkom last Wednesday, causing a major explosion.
The outlet reported that the planes fired several missiles into the warehouses of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at al-Hamdan airport outside Dir-Azor. The news site reported that troops on the ground carried anti-aircraft weapons on the attacking aircraft. No casualties were reported in that attack.
Satellite image of an overnight air strike at Iran's military base in Syria's Bokmal region near the Iraqi border on September 9, 2019. (Imageshot international)
Abulkamal, near the Syrian border with Iraq, is considered an important region for Iran, and it has plans to establish a land corridor to the Mediterranean Sea for easy transportation of material and fighters into the Middle East.
Three weeks after the fire between Jerusalem and Tehran, the IRGC armed cache was bombed, during which Iranian forces fired several rockets from Syria into northern Israel, and Israeli security forces launched an airstrike on Iran and Syrian military bases. Retaliated with the series.
According to the Syria War Monitor, at least 23 combatants were killed in the attacks, 16 of them Iranian. According to an Israeli official, the military believes the casualties have increased, with actual deaths expected to be close to 10.
Israel has repeatedly said that it will not accept Iran's military base in Syria and will retaliate against any attack on the Jewish state from Syria.
While it does not normally comment on specific attacks, Israel has admitted that it has conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Syria against Iranian targets over the years. Iran is in Israel's northern neighbor, Syria, and supports Hezbollah and Gaza militants.
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