Suspected Israeli airstrike near Aleppo kills 12 pro-Iran terrorists, monitoring group says

Lina PortmanJune 3, 2024

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Syria accused Israel on Monday of carry out a night airstrike in the Aleppo region, located in the north of the country, claiming that the attack had caused casualties and injuries. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an organization opposed to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at least 12 pro-Iranian terrorists were killed in the attack on a factory in the region.

The strike took place around 12:30 a.m. in Israel, when Syrian radio station Sham FM reported sounds of explosions in the Aleppo region. The London-based Human Rights Observatory also reported the explosions without initially specifying that Israel was responsible for the attack.

Subsequently, the Sabrin News news agency, associated with the country's pro-Iranian militias, claimed that the attack was an “Israeli strike” targeting a “copper factory in the town of Haiyan, north of Aleppo “. Furthermore, the Observatory reported a “major fire following several explosions” on the site.

Around 2 a.m., Syrian state media blamed Israel for the incident, saying there were casualties and injuries in the area following an “airstrike targeting multiple sites in the Aleppo region. According to the report, which cites a military source, several people were killed during this strike. The source added that the strikes caused considerable damage.

Syrian media also reported that it was the second suspected Israeli strike in the country in less than a week, after the Israeli Air Force reportedly struck the town of Baniyas in central Syria. Syria, last week. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported strikes targeting “Hezbollah positions in the Homs region” during the incident.