News - Middle East: Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of strikes on former Syrian army outposts in the western provinces of Latakia and Tartus, in the latest string of attacks targeting the Arab country’s military infrastructure following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that at least one civilian was killed and three others were injured early on Saturday when a string of aerial raids hit the 107th Brigade in the countryside of Jableh, near the coastal city of Latakia.

Local sources identified the site as a weapon storage facility containing surface-to-surface and surface-to-sea missiles.

Moreover, Israeli fighter jets struck al-Shamiyah barracks on al-Qasr road in Lattakia, as well as military sites in the Mina al-Bayda port area.

The Britain-based monitoring group also said a number of airstrikes targeted a military facility formerly used by special forces, as well as sites in the al-Wuhaib industrial area and the al-Balata barracks in Tartus.

There were no immediate reports available on possible casualties or the extent of damage caused.

Militant factions, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, toppled Assad’s government on December 8, 2024.

Since the collapse of Assad’s government, the Israeli military has been launching airstrikes against military installations, facilities, and arsenals belonging to Syria’s now-defunct army.

Israel has been widely condemned for the termination of the 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, and for exploiting the chaos in the Arab nation in the wake of Assad’s downfall to make a land grab.

The United Nations has condemned ongoing Israeli attacks inside Syrian territory and continuing violations in and around the buffer zone created as part of a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Damascus.

Source: Press TV