ISRAELI ROUTINE STRIKE ON CARGO HUB IN SYRIA REMAINS A CONTINUAL OCCURRENCES
The routine destruction of cargo hub in Syria remains a target for isreali attack
An Israeli airstrike hit Syria’s Latakia port before dawn on Tuesday, sparking a fire that lit up the Mediterranean seafront in the second such attack on the cargo hub this month, Syrian state media reported.
But it is only the second time it has hit Latakia port, in the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s minority Alawite community. In the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s minority Alawite community.
The Latakia governor, Ismail Hilal, said firefighters had brought the blaze under control by midday and were dousing the embers, Sana reported. The Syrian government’s other major ally, Russia, operates a naval base in the port of Tartus, 53 miles (85km) to the south.
While Israel rarely comments on individual strikes it carries out on its northern neighbour, it has acknowledged mounting hundreds since 2011. According to a report by the Israeli army, it hit about 50 targets in Syria in 2020.
Courtesy: AP NEWS
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