Israel attacks military facilities in Syria's Tartus, where Russian base is located – videos

Israeli military aircraft carried out a series of powerful airstrikes on military targets in the Syrian port city of Tartus, home to an important Russian naval base and ship repair facility, on the night of 15-16 December.

Source: The Times of Israel

Details: The attack focused on a number of facilities in Tartus and the Syrian Latakia Governorate. Israeli media reported that the airstrikes hit targets linked to the Russian military, including a base used by the Russian Navy and a military shipyard.

Quote: "’Israeli warplanes launched strikes targeting a series of sites, including air defence units and surface-to-surface missile depots,’ says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in what it says were ‘the heaviest strikes in Syria’s coastal region since the start of strikes in 2012.’"

Background:

• On 8 December, US President Joe Biden announced that the United States had carried out airstrikes in Syria to prevent the Islamic State from regaining power following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
• Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed that during the night of 9-10 December, Israeli Navy missile ships had destroyed the Syrian navy as part of a large-scale operation to eliminate strategic threats to the country.
• The Israel Defence Forces said that "the Northern Command's fire control centre conducted airstrikes on 130 targets in Syria, including weapons depots, military installations, launchers and firing positions".
• The UN has called on Israel to stop targeting the country, which is getting back on its feet after the Assad regime.

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