Suspected Israeli airstrike hits close to Russian airbase accused of housing weapons in Syria: report

A suspected Israeli airstrike reportedly hit close to a Russian airbase in Syria accused of housing weapons for Iran and its terror proxies.

As much as 30 missiles have been fired at a goal close to the Khmeimim air base in Latakia, with footage spreading on-line of huge explosions close to the Russian facility in a single day, the Telegraph reported.

The looks of secondary explosions recommend the strikes hit a weapons or munitions depot, in keeping with the UK outlet.

The assault occurred an hour after an Iranian Qassem Fars Airways cargo airplane, which can have been delivering weapons, landed on the base, the Telegraph stated, citing reviews in Syrian media.

The airline has beforehand been accused of transporting weapons for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

There have been no official confirmations in regards to the assault, which was cited by Russian wartime bloggers and Lebanon media teams, who advised drones have been used within the strike.

Footage of the alleged assault has additionally been picked up by Ukrainian officers and media shops, celebrating the assault bordering their Moscow nemesis.

Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communications claimed – with out proof – that the strike “decimated” the Russian air base, lauding that “Russia’s crimson strains exist solely in fairy tales.”

Previous to reviews of that assault, Syria’s state-run SANA information company stated an Israeli airstrike hit a residential constructing in Damascus, killing no less than three folks and leaving three others wounded.

An Related Press reporter on the scene confirmed {that a} missile struck the four-story condo constructing.

Like with assaults that hit Iran, Israel sometimes stays silent concerning suspected strikes in Syria.