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The state media reports said the air defenses intercepted many
missiles before reaching their targets, airing footages showing the air
defense missiles beaming in the sky over Latakia and the nearby city of
Tartus.
The footages also showed areas that had been struck by the
missile attack, which the TV said was carried out from the sea.
It said the Technical Industries Corporation on the eastern
outskirts of the city was hit.
Pro-government activists said the 28 missiles were fired from
the sea on military positions in Latakia.
The attack caused a major power cut in Latakia but was later
fixed and the electricity returned to the coastal city.
Meanwhile, medical sources in Latakia said that eight people
were wounded in the attack.
Pro-government activists said the Russian-run Khmeimim air base
in Latakia countryside took part in intercepting the missile attack on
Latakia.
Eyewitnesses said that heavy smoke was seen on the entrance of
Latakia as the sounds of air defenses had reverberated across the city.
The Syrian army, meanwhile, said in a statement that the Israeli
attack was carried out from inside the Lebanese airspace, which led to the
killing of two soldiers in the Technical Industry facility.
The statement said the Israeli attack comes to lift the morale
of the terrorists in the northwestern province of Idlib, the last major rebel
stronghold in Syria, after the "decisive" victories achieved by the
Syrian army on several fronts.
The army also warned of the "dangerous repercussions"
of the attack, stressing the Syrian army's resolve to "squash terrorism
and root it out of Syria."
The attack is not the first one to target Syria as Israel has
repeatedly targeted Syrian military positions during the crisis and over the
past few months in particular.
On September 15, the Syrian air defenses intercepted a number of
Israeli missiles that targeted the Damascus international airport, which was
the latest in a string of Israeli attacks on Syrian positions.
On September 4, Israeli warplanes infiltrated into the Syrian
airspace, targeting Syrian military sites in the central province of Hama and
the northwestern province of Tartus, according to the Syrian army.
In July, the Israelis targeted the scientific research center in
Masyaf town in the central province of Hama, which wasn't the first time
Israel targeted the facility.
Israeli reports claim that Israel targets Iranian positions or
weapons in Syria that could end up in the hands of the Hezbollah group in
Lebanon.
The Syrian government repeatedly accuses the US and Israel of
supporting the terrorist groups in Syria to prolong the war.
* Separately, Russia and Turkey have decided to set up a
demilitarized zone between the armed opposition and the government troops in
Syria's Idlib province, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday
following talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Source: NDO
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