Airstrikes said to hit Iranian targets in eastern Syria

Syrian opposition media is reporting that airstrikes are targeting Iranian positions in the country.

The reports say the targets are hit near the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.

Videos posted to social media appeared to show low-flying jets overhead.

تحليق للطيران الحربي مجهول الهوية على علو منخفض فوق ريف ديرالزور الشرقي حيث قام الطيران بشن عدد من الغارات الجويه في المياذين وبادية المياذين .

حسب مراسلنا فإن الطيران الحربي استهدف مواقع تابعة للمليشيات الإيرانية داخل المياذين وعلى أطرافها.#صدى_الشرقية pic.twitter.com/mRbQvmsn58

— Sada AlSharqieh (@Sada_AlSharqieh) December 14, 2022

There is no comment from Israel, but the strikes come after  IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi confirmed that an airstrike in early November on a convoy allegedly carrying Iranian arms near the Syria-Iraq border was carried out by the Israeli Air Force.

At the time of the November incident, the Israeli army refused to comment, in line with its general policy to not confirm involvement in specific strikes in Syria.

It wasn’t clear why Kohavi, who will end his term as military chief of staff next month, chose to acknowledge the IDF’s responsibility for the strike.

Israel has allegedly carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations. It has acknowledged, however, that it targets arms shipments and posts of Iran-allied groups, such as Lebanon’s terrorist Hezbollah.