Early on October 3, a series of blasts rocked the vicinity of the Russian Khmeimim Air Base which is located near the coastal Syrian town of Jableh.
According to the pro-government Sham FM, Syrian air defenses opened fire to confront several “targets” off the coast of the governorate of Lattakia. The radio station later reported that firefighters in Jableh were working to extinguish a large blaze.
From its side, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that drones struck an ammunition depot close to Khmeimim Air Base .
The London-based pro-opposition monitoring group said that what appears to be Israeli fighter jets were flying over the sea at the time of the attack.
Neither the Syrian or Russian militaries have released any statement clarifying what exactly happened in Jableh. There was also no comment from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which does not usually claim responsibility for its attack against Syria.
Khmeimim Air Base, the headquarters of the Russian military group in Syria, was attacked in the past with drones launched by Syrian militants from the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. However, it appears that the IDF was involved in the latest attack.
Israel escalated its attacks on Syria significantly since the outbreak of the war in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, targeting Syrian military sites as well as personnel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah and other factions of the so-called Axis of Resistance.
The IDF vowed recently to prevent all weapons shipments from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon, which often are delivered via Syria.
Last week, Syrian air defenses intercepted at least 13 aerial targets over the waters off the port of Tartus, where a Russian naval base is located. The IDF was also suspected of being behind the failed attack.
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