ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A barrage of Israeli missiles targeted several locations in the countryside of Daraa province, southwest of the country, a war monitor reported on Tuesday. The UK-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the missiles targeted Syrian air defense bases in Tal al-Jaibah, and several army and air defense positions stationed in the western countryside of the province. Syrian anti-aircraft systems tried to intercept the missiles, according to SOHR, adding that there is no immediate information on the extent of damage. Neither the Syrian army nor the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has commented on the strike so far. Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its 13-year civil war, often claiming to strike pro-Iran militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which supports the Syrian army. While it rarely comments on strikes attributed to it in Syria, Israel has repeatedly warned that it would not tolerate its arch-rival Iran to gain a foothold there. According to SOHR data, Tuesday's strike was Israel’s 55th on Syrian territories since the beginning of the year. The war monitor reported that said strikes destroyed around 111 targets, including weapons and ammunition depots, headquarters, centers and vehicles.
