DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian state media said Israeli strikes targeted the coastal Latakia province yesterday, with a war monitor saying munitions depots were hit.
“In a number of air strikes, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the vicinity of the Al-Abyad port and the city of Latakia,” state news agency SANA reported.
Authorities were working to ensure there were no casualties, SANA added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the raids targeted “munitions depots” at the port, located on the northern outskirts of Latakia city.
The Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria, reported “huge material damage and the destruction of a munitions depot”.
It said the port had previously been targeted in December.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on military sites since extremist-led rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024 saying it wants to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of the new authorities, whom it considers extremists.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had “struck military capabilities” at two military bases in central Syria, after striking the same sites days earlier.
Tuesday also saw six civilians killed in Israeli bombardment in south Syria’s Daraa province, authorities said, as Israel said its forces responded to incoming fire.
Israel has deployed troops to the Golan Heights buffer zone nearby, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the demilitarisation of southern Syria, which borders the Israeli-annexed Golan.
