At least 12 fighters loyal to the Bashar Assad regime had been killed when Israeli airstrikes focused a manufacturing unit close to northern Syria’s Aleppo, a rights group reported early Monday.
“Twelve pro-Iranian fighters of Syrian and foreign nationalities were killed, according to an initial tally, in an Israeli air strike on a position in the town of Hayyan, north of Aleppo, setting off strong explosions in a factory,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated.
The Syrian Defense Ministry stated in an announcement that “after midnight … the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the southeast of Aleppo, targeting some positions” close to the town, including that “the aggression caused several martyrs and material damage.”
According to the Observatory – which is predicated in Britain, however maintains an unlimited community of sources inside Syria – rescuers and firefighters had been deployed to the location to deal with the injured and include blazes attributable to the strike.
The nongovernmental group stated that Hayyan is “controlled by pro-Iranian groups composed of Syrians and foreigners.”
Israel has carried out tons of of strikes on its northern neighbor for the reason that outbreak of Syria’s civil battle, primarily concentrating on military positions and Iran-backed fighters, together with from the group Hezbollah.
While it hardly ever feedback on particular person strikes in Syria, Israel has repeatedly stated it won’t permit its arch-enemy Iran to increase its presence there.
The strikes have elevated because it launched a brutal battle on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, when the Iran-backed Palestinian resistance group launched an unprecedented incursion in opposition to Israel.
Syria’s battle has killed greater than half one million folks and displaced tens of millions extra because it erupted in 2011 after Damascus cracked down on anti-government protests.
Source: www.dailysabah.com