Two people killed in bombing of vehicle in Syria blamed on Israel

September 12 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least two people were killed on Thursday in a bombing claimed by the Israeli army against a vehicle near the Syrian town of Khan Arbane, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, but the Syrian authorities have not yet commented on the matter.

The London-based agency, which has informants in the Asian country, indicated in a message posted on its account on the social network X that the bombing was carried out against a car that was traveling on the road that connects the capital, Damascus, with Quneitra, in the Golan Heights, a territory that Israel seized from Syria during the Six-Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) and which it effectively annexed in 1981.

The attack comes after more than 25 people, including five civilians, were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Israeli army late on Sunday targeting the town of Masyaf in Hama province. Masyaf is home to Syria’s Scientific Research Center, which has been targeted in the past and is accused of being behind research and development of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

The Syrian government then spoke of “blatant aggression” and accused “the fascist entity” of trying to raise tensions in the Middle East, which are heading towards “a dangerous abyss” due to Israeli actions that “will have serious consequences that cannot be foreseen,” according to Damascus.

Israel has generally acknowledged attacks in Syria, arguing that it is acting to prevent the establishment of Iranian bases in the country and the sending of weapons to the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah by the Iranian authorities, which support Damascus in the framework of the war that broke out in 2011.