Syria confronts Zionist aggression on Latakia port

Syria's air defenses have confronted an Israeli attack on Latakia, the Arab country's biggest port city, which lies in its northwest, reported by ABNA.

Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has routinely carried out air strikes on Syria.

"At around 03:21 AM, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression with several missiles from the direction of the Mediterranean... targeting the container yard in Latakia port," Syrian state news agency SANA cited a military source as saying.

Last time, the Zionist regime had targeted Latakia around 20 days ago.

The strike caused "significant material damage" and led to fires, it added.

According to a report by the Israeli army, it hit around 50 targets in Syria in 2020.

Syria and the Zionist regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-present occupation of the Arab country’s Golan Heights.

The Zionist regime maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as a launchpad for its attacks on Syrian soil.

The attacks started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011 when Syria found itself in the grip of rampant foreign-backed militancy and terrorism.

Tel Aviv claims that its attacks target alleged supplies that are headed for the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah. On countless occasions, though, the strikes have targeted the reinforcement belonging to Syria’s military and its allies.

The regime has also been providing safe passage and medical treatment to the Takfiri terrorists, who flee the allies’ defensive operations.