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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says military scientific research centre housing pro-Iranian weapons experts was hit; strikes also killed people in Hama province
Israeli airstrikes in Syria kill 14 people – media
As we mentioned in the opening summary, a series of Israeli strikes were reported to have hit multiple areas in central Syria on Sunday.
Syrian state media said on Monday that the overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people in central Hama province, raising the earlier death toll of seven.
Two regional intelligence sources told Reuters that a major military research centre for chemical arms production located near Misyaf had been hit several times. It is believed to house a team of Iranian military experts involved in weapons production.
“The number of martyrs resulting from the Israeli aggression on a number of sites in the vicinity of Masyaf has risen to 14 martyrs and 43 wounded including six critically,” official news agency Sana reported citing a medical source. These figures are yet to be independently verified by the Guardian.
“At around 23:20 on Sunday evening, the Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of northwestern Lebanon, targeting a number of military sites in the central region (of Syria),” a military source told the news agency.
“Our air defence systems confronted the aggression’s missiles and shot down some of them,” the source added, without providing further details.
The strike in Syria reportedly targeted several sites near the cities of Homs, Hama and Tartus.