Syria: 42 killed in Israeli strikes, new NGO report finds

At least 42 Syrian soldiers and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters were killed in Israeli strikes this Friday in Aleppo in northern Syria, according to a new report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in the United Kingdom and has an extensive network of sources in Syria, this Friday’s strike in Aleppo in Syria specifically targeted “missile depots under the control of the Lebanese Hezbollah, which is fighting in side of the Syrian regime. .

In a previous report, the non-governmental organization assessed that it was “the heaviest Israeli attack on the Syrian army since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip almost six months ago.”

In turn, a military source quoted by the official Syrian news agency Sana reported “several civilians and soldiers killed and wounded” as a result of the strikes. “The Israeli enemy has launched an air attack on various targets in Atria, southeast of Aleppo.”

OSDH said the strikes also targeted factories run by the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Safira near Aleppo but now under the control of pro-Iranian factions. Since the start of the war, the Israeli army has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, in particular against pro-Iranian groups.

Two people died near Damascus

At the same time, Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire daily along the Israel-Lebanon border since the start of the Gaza war.

The war in Syria has killed more than half a million people, displaced millions and divided the country. The conflict began in 2011 with an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The situation quickly escalated into civil war after the Iran-backed regime began a brutal crackdown on dissidents.

Lebanese Hezbollah sent fighters to Syria to support its ally and protect supply lines with Iran and has remained active in the country ever since. Iran denies sending troops to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad’s regime, saying its presence there is limited to military advisers.