Israel conducted a rare attack on Syria’s main port overnight, hitting shipping containers, according to claims by Damascus.
Explosions lit up the sky over the port of Latakia, on the sliver of Mediterranean coast belonging to Syria between Lebanon and Turkey, in the early hours of the morning.
Israel made no comment, in line with its usual policy for conducting raids outside its borders. However, it has admitted in general terms that the Israeli Air Force has conducted hundreds of raids, both by jets and drones, in Syria in recent years. Its aim is to limit the use of Syrian territory by Iran to supply missiles and other weapons to militia forces targeting Israel.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said that
