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Israeli
warplanes conducted an airstrike early today on a Syrian military
facility near the northern Syrian port city of Latakia along the
Mediterranean coast, a U.S.
Israeli Warplanes Strike Inside Syria for Fifth Time This Year
Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike early today on a Syrian
military facility near the northern Syrian port city of Latakia along
the Mediterranean coast, a U.S. official confirms to ABC News.
The attack is believed to be the fifth airstrike conducted by Israel
inside Syria this year. Like the earlier airstrikes, the official said
the latest attack presumably targeted advanced Russian missile weapons
systems headed to the extremist group Hezbollah based in Lebanon.
An Israeli source also confirmed the attack to ABC News which like the
four previous attacks this year has not been acknowledged by the Israeli
government.
The air strike was first reported in Israeli newspapers which cited
explosions at a missile storage facility near Latakia. The accounts
differed as to what types of air defense missile systems may have been
targeted by Israeli warplanes.
U.S. official say that the Israeli warplanes conducting the airstrikes
usually launch missiles at targets inside Syria from inside Lebanese
airspace so they are not exposed to Syria's advanced air defense
systems.
The official Lebanese news agency
reported that Israeli planes were spotted flying for several hours
over various parts of Lebanon. A Lebanese Army press release said "the
enemy planes circled above the various Lebanese regions" before leaving
Lebanese airspace.
The most recent Israeli airstrike inside Syria took place on July 5
and also occurred near Latakia, targeting a warehouse that was believed
to house advanced Yakhont long-range anti-ship missiles.
The three earlier Israeli air strikes inside Syria all targeted Russian
weapons systems that Syria was believed to be funneling to Hezbollah in
Lebanon. Syria has been a long-time arms provider to the militant
Lebanese organization.
The first strike near Damascus in late January targeted a convoy
carrying anti-aircraft missiles that may have been on the move to
Hezbollah.
In early May, Israel conducted two separate airstrikes, also near
Damascus, that a U.S. official told ABC News targeted as many as a dozen
medium range Fateh-110 missiles intended for Hezbollah.
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