The Russian Information Agency reported that the Russian Air Force carried out strikes on two militant sites in Syria On the outskirts of the Al-Tanf area, which includes an American military base.
The agency quoted Oleg Ignasyuk, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation between the Warring Parties in Syria, as saying that the militants had recently left the Al-Tanf area near the border with Jordan.
He added in a press briefing: “The Russian Air Forces struck two specific sites of militants who left the Al-Tanf area.”
On the other hand, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced that Israeli air strikes hit military sites in the center of the country, stressing that the losses were limited to material losses.
The ministry said in a statement: “On Sunday evening, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the north Lebanon“, targeting a number of military sites in the central region, resulting in material losses.”
The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) had previously reported that “hostile targets had been confronted in the airspace of the central region.”
The manager also spoke Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman, about “Israeli raids” on “a weapons depot south of Homs and a missile depot in the eastern countryside of Hama,” adding that all the sites belong to the Syrian army.
Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli raid targeted trucks in Syria transporting aid to Lebanon, wounding 3 aid workers, according to the Observatory.
On Friday, the Lebanese authorities said that an Israeli air strike led to the cutting of the main international road linking it with Syria, specifically at the Masnaa border point (east).
Since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011, it has been implemented Israel Hundreds of strikes in the country, mainly targeting army positions and Iranian-backed factions, including Lebanese Hezbollah.
The strikes have increased in recent days, and have included areas close to the border with Lebanon.
Israeli authorities rarely comment on specific strikes in Syria, but have repeatedly said that they will not allow its arch-enemy Iran to establish its presence in the neighboring country.
Tens of thousands of Lebanese entered Syria last week, fleeing the violent Israeli air strikes on Lebanon.
