Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo on Thursday, the latest of numerous strikes carried out in the country since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, an NGO and local residents said.
According to residents, huge explosions occurred in the region, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) specifying that the strikes targeted defense and research installations.
The OSDH reports that “at least seven massive explosions were heard, resulting from an Israeli airstrike on defense factories […] south of Aleppo.
No information could immediately be obtained on possible victims.
“They hit defense factories, five strikes […] The strikes were very heavy,” a resident of the al-Safira neighborhood told AFP, on condition of anonymity.
“The ground shook, the doors and windows opened,” continued this witness, referring to “the loudest knocks I had ever heard.” “The night turned into day.”
Since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, driven from power on December 8 by a coalition of rebels, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on Syrian territory targeting military sites, claiming to want to avoid the arsenal of the previous Power does not fall into the hands of the new authorities dominated by Islamist groups.
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