Israeli jets carried out on Saturday strikes against joint positions held by Syrian forces and Hezbollah in the Saraqeb region in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province.
This is the first time that Israel targets regions held by the regime and opposition factions.
Israel also struck a scientific research center in the vicinity of the city of Al-Safira near Aleppo.
The Syrian Defense Ministry confirmed the strikes that took place overnight on Friday.
It said the attacks left several military personnel wounded and caused material damage.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israeli jets flew over the international coalition base in the al-Tanf region on the Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi border after flying over Syria’s Sweida and Daraa regions.
Syrian government radars detected the jets without intercepting them, added the rights monitor.
Local media sources said the strikes on Saraqeb targeted positions held by Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
Seven people were killed and 15 injured in the attack.
The attack took place hours after a meeting between Turkish and Russian officials at a position held by Russian forces in the village of al-Tronba near Saraqeb.
Israel has been carrying out strikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria for years but has ramped up such raids since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by armed group Hamas on Israeli territory.
