Rocket attack in Aleppo – Watch video

Syrian anti-aircraft defense reacts immediately – No casualties reported

The Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli missiles  in the airspace of the province of Aleppo (north) late last night, the Syrian state news agency SANA and the Syrian state television network Al Ihbariyah reported. groups adjacent to Iran.

“At around 23:27 local time on Monday, ” the Israeli enemy launched an attack in southeastern Aleppo, targeting positions in the As Safira district, “a military source told SANA.

Arrays of Syrian air defense activated and “intercepted” Israeli missiles, “dispelling most,” added the same source, adding that the military authorities are still in the phase of evaluation of losses.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based non-governmental organization, the rockets hit positions near the As Safira scientific research center, destroyed bases and a weapons depot belonging to paramilitary organizations near Iran.

The NGO has so far not spoken of casualties.

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Since the outbreak of armed conflict in Syria in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes against positions of Syrian government forces and their allies, Iranian and pro-Iranian groups and the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

The Israeli military rarely acknowledges that it is conducting operations in Syria; however, it announced earlier this year that it had hit at least 50 targets in the war-torn country last year.

Last month, Israeli airstrikes in central Syria killed at least 11 Syrian regime fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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