Syrian News Agency SANA reported that mid-air explosions were heard in the northern region of Hama on Thursday evening. Additional reports coming from Lebanon confirmed that explosions were heard on the country’s northern border with Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported that at least nine people were killed in the strike, with the death toll expected to rise.

Earlier in the week, The Syrian Center for Human Rights reported that five members of the pro-Iranian militia were killed in an air-strike near Al Bukamal, also in Syria’s northern area.

These newest reports come just three weeks after SANA accused Israel of carrying out airstrikes near Aleppo (Haleb), targeting a factory suspected of producing chemical weapons. The attack would mark one of Israel’s deepest successful attack missions inside Syria.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)