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The Observatory: 8 people, most of them Iranians, were killed in an Israeli strike on Syria

Eight fighters, most of them Iranians, died in Israeli raids that targeted, on Wednesday, their sites in the coastal province of Latakia and its environs, according to what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.

And Damascus announced, at dawn on Wednesday, that its defenses The air force dropped some Israeli missiles that targeted the Al-Haffah area in Lattakia and Masyaf in the western Hama governorate bordering on.

A Syrian military source said that the strikes targeted a “civilian facility for the manufacture of plastic materials,” killing a civilian and wounding six others, including a child. The military of the regime forces includes Iranian fighters and groups loyal to them, as well as weapons and ammunition depots. And he announced an initial toll of 14 wounded among the fighters, in addition to civilian casualties.

The director of the observatory, Rami Abdel-Rahman, said on Friday, “It was later revealed that the raids resulted in the death of 8 fighters, 5 Iranians, in addition to Afghans and Syrians are among the groups loyal to Tehran. ”

There was no official comment from the Israeli side about the bombing.

During the past years, Israel launched dozens of air strikes in Syria, It is targeting in particular Iranian and other targets of the Lebanese Hezbollah and sites of the Syrian army.

Israel rarely confirms carrying out strikes in Syria, but it reiterates that it will continue to counter what it describes as Iran’s attempts to consolidate its military presence near its borders.

The Syrian conflict has killed more than 388,000 people, caused massive damage to infrastructure, and led to the displacement and displacement of millions of people inside and outside the country.

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