Foreign media: Israel's air strike again in Syria's target, causing soldiers to die 3 injuries

Author:Global Times Time:2022.08.15

Comprehensive Associated Associated Press and Reuters reported on the 14th that the Syrian military issued a statement saying that Israel launched missile attacks on several targets in western and central Syria last Sunday evening, causing three soldiers to die and three injuries.

Data map. Picture source: Foreign media

The Syrian military said that the target of the Israeli attack was several locations in the suburbs of the Syrian provinces of Taltus and the Syrian capital of Damascus. The missiles were launched by Israeli fighters in Lebanon. This round of attacks also caused material losses.

Reuters quoted a Syrian officer in the coastal area of ​​Taltus province, saying that an Iranian base near Abu Afsa in the south of the province and nearby air defense and radar stations near the southern part of the province were the army. The target of the attack.

Israeli fighter. Picture source: Israeli Air Force

It is reported that according to the "Syrian Human Rights Observation Organization" headquartered in the UK, Israel's attack is aimed at the Syrian government military air defense base in the Syrian government near Aba Afsa, and Iran supports armed personnel in this base.

Military experts in Israel told Reuters that this round of attacks are part of a low -intensity conflict upgrade, and the goal of the Israeli Army in this conflict is to slow down the speed of Iranian forces to intervene in Syria.

It is reported that in the past few years, Israel has attacked hundreds of targets in the Syrian government forces control areas, and rarely admit or discuss such operations. But Israel acknowledged that its main strike goal is to be with the Iranian armed organizations and the allies of Syrian government forces, such as the Lebanon Allah.

Data map. Picture source: Foreign media

Reuters pointed out that most of the attacks launched by Israel usually avoid the Syrian coastal provinces, which are concentrated by Russia's major military assets, and the Russian army usually does not respond to Israel's actions for air strikes on Syrian targets. The target of this round of attack was near the port of Taltus, the only naval base in Russia, the Russian warships stopped at the port, while the Russian Army in the Syrian Hermemim Air Force Base was near Latakia. Last month, the Israeli National Defense Minister Benni Gandz said that the military fighter aircraft was blocked by Russian air defense firepower over Syria in May, but he was not hit. He described the confrontation as a "disposable event". Essence

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