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Satellite images show alleged Israeli strike in Syria targeted missile factory

ImageSat International, which specializes in satellite imagery analysis, says two buildings that were targeted in Friday's strike "played a significant part in the missile production at the al-Safirah Missile Factory."

by  Neta Bar and Lilach Shoval
Published on  09-14-2020 09:17
Last modified: 09-14-2020 20:03
Satellite images show alleged Israeli strike in Syria targeted missile factoryImageSat International

The results of a reported Israeli airstrike on a missile production in the town of al-Safira, outside Aleppo, in northern Syria on Friday, September 11, 2020 | Photo: ImageSat International

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Less than three days after airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo province were attributed to Israel by Syrian state news agency SANA, satellite images released by ImageSat International on Sunday showed the facility to be a missile production plant near the town of al-Safirah, in northern Syria.

According to ImageSat International, which specializes in satellite imagery analysis, the two buildings that were targeted in the strike "played a significant part in the missile production at the al-Safirah Missile Factory."

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Satellite images showed at least some of the damage caused by the strike. One building, which ImageSat said likely contained a large quantity of explosives, was completely destroyed in the attack. The second building reportedly sustained significant damage.

"The attack intended to weaken missile production in Syria, probably for Hezbollah, by harming its crucial elements," said ImageSat International.

In the early hours of Friday morning, SANA reported that the country's air defenses intercepted an Israeli missile attack in Aleppo.

The report quoted sources saying that among the sites attacked was a military airport and scientific facilities operated by the Syrian army. The IDF did not comment on the reported strikes, in accordance with its policy.

Aleppo is not a common site for reported Israeli airstrikes.

Claims that Syrian air defenses intercept incoming missiles are often dismissed by regional security experts as empty boasts.

Israel has previously admitted it has launched hundreds of strikes on Iranian assets in Syria since the start of the civil war there in 2011. The assaults are mounted as part of Israel's policy to prevent Iran from gaining a larger foothold in the region and usually target weapon shipments to Tehran proxy Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon.

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