(Masyaf) On Thursday (25/08/22) morning the IDF struck a warehouse under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said to have contained over 1000 medium range surface to surface missiles in the Syrian city of Masyaf.
Apparently Israel made the decision to strike the area after the Russian S300 Anti-aircraft missile system they had based there, was packed up, sent to the Port of Tartus (28 miles away)Initial analysis of sat imagery shows the buildings and areas marked in red that sustained heavy damaged due to the reported airstrikes last night at the SSRC near Masyaf, #Syria. Large areas around the SSRC sustained heavy fire damage due to the secondary explosions. pic.twitter.com/oodscPd9CJ
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) August 26, 2022
Placed on the Russian cargo ship Sparta II and sent to support the Russian war effort inside the Ukraine (passing through the Bosporus on Wed (24/08/22) and is currently docked at the Russian black sea port of Novorossiysk (about 92 miles from the Crimean city of kerch)Private Israeli intelligence firm @ImageSatIntl publishes satellite images showing that Russia has apparently moved its S-300 system out of Syria back to Russia. pic.twitter.com/pYDbtT1gaz
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 26, 2022
Anyway as mentioned, not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Israel decided to hit an area which had been under the protection of Moscow and it is quite telling that 2 days after the air strike fires are stilling burning across the targeted area. Naturally the Syrians have claimed they shot down all the incoming missiles bar one.
Img. Courtesy of @planet shows the damaged caused, some buildings appear to be completely destroyed, suspected to be the main targets and others potential from the secondary explosion(s)/fire(s), one also appeared to be under construction https://t.co/GJeY1NfJH8 pic.twitter.com/h5psOwbHOg
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) August 26, 2022
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