SOHR A blast took place at Jabal Azzan

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The base was in the Jabal Azzan region south of Aleppo, a Syrian government-controlled rural region. People claimed to have seen explosions at the site and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties. Syrian media reported it was attacked by Israeli aircraft this evening. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported the blast but said the cause was unknown.

Media linked to Hezbollah later claimed there had been no airstrike, blaming explosives detonating in a warehouse. Last week, Russia blamed Israel for an attack on a Syrian airbase that killed at least 12 people. Moscow claimed morning that two Israeli fighter jets had launched the attack on the T4 base. The Russian Defence Ministry said the F-15 planes had carried out the strikes from Lebanese air space. And it claimed Syrian air defence systems had shot down five of eight missiles fired.

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