17/10/2024–|Last updated: 10/17/202404:20 AM (Mecca time)
Syrian official media said that Israel launched an air attack on the city of Latakia at dawn on Thursday, and that Syrian air defenses responded to hostile targets in the airspace of the city.
According to the Syrian news agency SANA and Syrian TV, the raid led to the outbreak of fires at the entrance to the city located on the Mediterranean coast.
SANA added, “Firefighting teams are working to put out the fires resulting from the Israeli aggression at the entrance to the city of Latakia.”
Reuters says that Israel has been launching strikes on targets linked to Iran in Syria for years, but it has intensified such strikes in conjunction with its war on the Gaza Strip since Al-Aqsa flood On October 7 of last year.