At least 12 pro-Iranian militia members were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a copper plant in northern Syria early Monday morning, according to reports from Arab media outlets.
The Syrian army reported that around midnight, missiles were launched from the southeast, striking multiple sites in the Aleppo region. The statement said the attack resulted in several casualties and caused significant damage at the locations targeted.
One of the sites hit was a copper factory in the town of Hayyan in northern Aleppo province, an area controlled by pro-Iranian militias made up of Syrian and foreign fighters. A large fire broke out at the plant following the strike, according to a journalist affiliated with the Assad regime who reported ambulances and fire trucks rushing to the scene.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group aligned with the opposition to the regime, corroborated that a series of explosions rocked Hayyan after a missile hit the copper factory there. The observatory said at least 12 militia members were killed in the alleged Israeli attack.
