Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria’s Aleppo, 12 Reported Killed

Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday morning, resulting in heavy casualties.

“The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of southeastern Aleppo, targeting some sites in the vicinity of Aleppo,” a military source told Syria’s SANA news agency. “The aggression led to a number of martyrs and some material losses.”

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that 12 “pro-Iranian” fighters were killed, a term it usually uses to describe Iraqi Shia militias that operate in Syria, although the SOHR said some of the dead were Syrian nationals. The SOHR said the attack targeted a factory in the town of Hayyan, north of Aleppo.