A screengrab pulled from a video circulating online that shows the flames and smoke from Israeli strikes on the port in Syria's Latakia province in the early hours of March 27, 2025.
Israeli strikes targeted the coastal Latakia province at dawn on Thursday, Syrian state media reports, with a war monitor saying munitions depots were hit and at least six strikes were recorded. So far, there are no known casualties.
"In a number of air strikes, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the vicinity of the al-Abyad port and the city of Latakia," state news agency SANA reported, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the raids targeted "munitions depots" at the port, located on the northern outskirts of Latakia city, which has been the site of massacres of civilians amid clashes between forces loyal to Assad and those belonging to the new Damascus authorities.
The U.K.-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria, reported "huge material damage," and added that the port had previously been targeted in December.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on military sites since opposition forces led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Israel claims it wants to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of the new authorities, whom it considers jihadists.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had "struck military capabilities" at two military bases in central Syria, after striking the same sites days earlier.
Tuesday also saw six civilians killed in Israeli bombardment in south Syria's Daraa province, authorities said, as Israel said its forces responded to incoming fire.
Israel has deployed troops to the Golan Heights buffer zone nearby, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the demilitarisation of southern Syria, which borders the Israeli-annexed Golan.
The Observatory has reported near-daily Israeli military incursions into southern Syria beyond the demarcation line in recent months.
Israeli strikes targeted the coastal Latakia province at dawn on Thursday, Syrian state media reports, with a war monitor saying munitions depots were hit and at least six strikes were recorded. So far, there are no known casualties."In a number of air strikes, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the vicinity of the al-Abyad port and the city of Latakia," state news agency SANA reported, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the raids targeted "munitions depots" at the port, located on the northern outskirts of Latakia city, which has been the site of massacres of civilians amid clashes between forces loyal to Assad and those belonging to the new Damascus authorities.The U.K.-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria, reported "huge material damage," and added that the port had...
