An airstrike Saturday in Syria that was attributed to Israel targeted Iranian makes an attempt to deliver “game changing” air protection techniques to Syria, Israeli tv reported.
According to Channel 12 information, the situation of the morning strike, which hit the Syrian city of al-Hamidiyah close to the port metropolis of Tartus, “implies that it [targeted] a weapon transported by sea, possibly using Iranian ships that docked at the port last week.”
The report added that the strike got here amid “a new move by the Iranians in Syria to bring in air defense system to protect their military interests.”
The community offered no supply for the evaluation; in line with Syrian state media, the airstrike destroyed “poultry farms” and wounded two civilians.
Military officers have mentioned in the previous that Syria has improved its air protection capabilities with upgraded Iranian-made elements. In a 2018 strike, Israel reportedly targeted a soon-to-be-deployed Iranian superior air protection system.
Channel 12 mentioned Saturday that this “new effort” was being led by a senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in cooperation with the Syrian military, with the purpose of enabling Tehran to function its personal air protection techniques in Syria.
The community named the IRGC officer as Farid Mahmads Sakai, saying “it’s no coincidence his name is being published now.” No particulars had been offered on the place the officer’s title was revealed nor any additional data on his rank and place.
Israel has staged lots of of strikes on targets in Syria through the years however hardly ever acknowledges or discusses such operations. It says it targets bases of Iran and allied militias, similar to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group that has fighters deployed in Syria, in addition to arms shipments believed to be certain for numerous proxies.
In one other unsourced report, Channel 12 mentioned two explosions occurred at an IRGC base southeast of Tehran, inflicting “extensive damage” on Friday night time.
There has been no official touch upon the incident, which was broadly circulated on social media and picked up by the opposition supporting Iran International, which relies in London.
