Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Initial reports of an airstrike targeting multiple defense factories in Masyaf, western #Syria. Several explosions have been heard.

Israel has targeted #Iran-linked sites in this area in Sep 2018, April 2019, & May 2020.

#UPDATE
Reports:
-Israeli warplanes target Assad military sites in the vicinity of Masyaf
-Various reports indicate three raids
-Pro-Hezbollah outlet claiming 4 sites struck by Israeli warplanes

Image credit: @evacool_

#UPDATE
Quoting @IntelDoge:
"Based on the location of airstrikes it's reasonable to assume the Syrian Scientific Studies & Research Center was targeted. Aforementioned has been linked to #Syria's chemical weapons program."

A defense military factory is also a possible target.

#UPDATE
Initial video of tonight's airstrikes

#UPDATE
Quoting @Charles_Lister

"... tonight's strikes appear to have been particularly heavy. Worth noting that Russia maintains an S-400 system approximately 12kms from Masyaf & Assad has three or four S-300 systems in the area, too."

#UPDATE
Some reports claim this is another video of tonight's airstrikes.

#UPDATE
More footage of tonight's airstrikes.

#UPDATE
More footage

Quoting @evacool_
"West of the city of Masyaf & in an area called Wadi Jahannam, Iran's IRGC has established a military complex to manufacture & develop ballistic missiles, which was likely to have been among the targets."

#UPDATE
Footage of what is being described as one of the sites targeted in Masyaf, western Syria, by Israeli warplanes from Lebanese airspace.

Sep 4, 2018

@skynewsarabia reported Israel launched missiles targeting #Iran's military positions in #Syria, including Masyaf & Wadi Al Uyun, both west of the city of Hama.

April 19, 2019
"Satellite images show possible Iranian missile factory in Syria destroyed"

Satellite images showed the complete destruction of a possible Iranian surface-to-surface missile factory in Syria’s Masyaf District.
jpost.com/israel-news/sa…

Correction:
In the initial tweet of this thread I said: "Israel has targeted #Iran-linked sites in this area in Sep 2018, April 2019, & May 2020."

May 2020 is incorrect. Apologies.

On May 4, Israel targeted sites in Aleppo, northern Syria.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1257413572851830791?s=20