At Least 26 Killed in Missile Attack on Syria, Iranian Positions
- Syria has blamed Israel for repeated attacks on its soil
- Attacks targeting military base, airport in Hama, Aleppo
Smoke rises after military points of the 47th regiment of the Assad regime were hit in Hama on April 30.
Photographer: Mahmoud Taha/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Missile attacks targeted Syrian and Iranian military positions in two Syrian provinces late Sunday, killing at least 26 people, a monitoring group said.
One attack targeted an army base containing artillery belonging to Iranian forces in the southern suburbs of Hama and killed Syrian and Iranian personnel, the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday. The second hit Al Nayrab military airport in Aleppo and no casualties were reported, according to SOHR, which monitors Syria’s civil war through a network of activists on the ground.