{"id":3839,"date":"2020-12-25T10:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T10:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=143500"},"modified":"2020-12-25T10:38:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T10:38:12","slug":"at-least-six-fighters-reported-killed-in-israeli-strikes-in-syria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/25\/at-least-six-fighters-reported-killed-in-israeli-strikes-in-syria-2\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least Six Fighters Reported Killed In Israeli Strikes In Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
A British-based group monitoring the Syrian conflict says least six Iran-backed fighters have been killed in an Israeli rocket attack in central Syria.<\/p>\n
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on December 25 that the Israeli attack launched in the province of Hama also destroyed depots and rocket-manufacturing facilities belonging to pro-Iranian militias.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported that Israeli rockets had targeted the area of Masyaf in rural Hama.<\/p>\n
The agency, citing a military source, added that Syrian air defenses had intercepted the “hostile” rockets and destroyed most of them.<\/p>\n
SANA did not report any casualties nor damage resulting from the reported attack.<\/p>\n
State television aired footage purporting to show air defenses responding to the attack.<\/p>\n
There has been no comment from Israel, which rarely confirms details of its operations in Syria.<\/p>\n
Along with Russia, Iran has provided crucial military support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian conflict, which began with a crackdown on anti-government protesters in March 2011.<\/p>\n
Israel accuses Iran of building up its military presence in Syria and has repeatedly struck Iran-linked facilities, positions, as well as weapons convoys destined for Hizballah fighters in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n
Israel has carried out more than 30 air strikes on targets across Syria so far in the present year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n