{"id":652903,"date":"2021-12-07T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T12:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=652903"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T12:01:32","slug":"israel-strike-targets-iran-weapons-in-syria-port-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2021\/12\/israel-strike-targets-iran-weapons-in-syria-port-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel strike targets Iran weapons in Syria port: monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 7 &#8211; <\/i>An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia Tuesday, in the first such attack on the key facility, a war monitor said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli raid &#8220;directly targeted an Iranian weapons shipment in the container yard,&#8221; the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian state media reported the strike on the container yard at Latakia port without specifying what was targeted.<\/p>\n<p>The Observatory, a UK-based organisation with a wide network of sources on the ground across Syria, said the raid triggered a series of explosions.<\/p>\n<p>It reported &#8220;huge material losses&#8221; but added there were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the strike occurred at 1:23 am (2323 GMT Monday).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our air defences repelled the Israeli aggression in Latakia,&#8221; it said, adding that a number of containers caught fire in the strike.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_652842\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652842\" class=\"size-full wp-image-652842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/12\/77ca66d323009b3220d443c288790578621a4fb7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/12\/77ca66d323009b3220d443c288790578621a4fb7.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/12\/77ca66d323009b3220d443c288790578621a4fb7-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-652842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Syria, locating the port of Latakia that was hit by Israeli air strikes on Tuesday, according to Syrian state media. \u00a9 <b>AFP<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Latakia is the northernmost of Syria&#8217;s main ports, and lies around 230 kilometres (140 miles) north of Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Photos and footage published by SANA showed a fire in the yard but state television said later that firefighters had brought the blaze under control.<\/p>\n<p>Israel rarely comments on the air strikes it carries out in Syria but has said repeatedly it will not allow its archfoe Iran to extend its footprint in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Syria FM in Tehran &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters.<\/p>\n<p>On November 24, Israeli missile strikes in the west of Homs province killed five people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>In two separate Israeli attacks in October, five pro-Iranian militiamen were killed near the Syrian capital Damascus while nine pro-government fighters were killed near the T4 airbase east of Palmyra in central Syria, the Observatory said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been a key supporter of the Syrian government in the decade-old conflict.<\/p>\n<p>It finances, arms and commands a number of Syrian and foreign militia groups fighting alongside the regular armed forces, chief among them Lebanon&#8217;s powerful Hezbollah group.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s strike came as Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad wrapped up a visit to Tehran, where he met with top officials to discuss deepening ties.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Syria announced it was planning to turn over the container terminal at Latakia port to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Iran said it was planning to establish a direct shipping line between Latakia and one of its southern ports.<\/p>\n<p>The war in Syria is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions more since it began with a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 7 &#8211; An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia Tuesday, in the first such attack on the key facility, a war monitor said. 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