Israeli airstrikes target Al-Qusayr near Syrian-Lebanese border
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SANA reported that the Israeli airstrikes damaged critical border infrastructure, with bridges and roads along the Lebanese-Syrian border bearing the brunt of the attack.
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This widely circulated image on social media shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a bridge in Al-Qusayr. (Social media)
Israeli aircraft on Wednesday launched airstrikes targeting the Al-Qusayr neighborhood in Syria's Homs Province early Wednesday morning.
According to reports by Syria's state news agency, SANA, Syrian air defense systems responded to the assault.
SANA reported that the Israeli airstrikes damaged critical border infrastructure, with bridges and roads along the Lebanese-Syrian frontier bearing the brunt of the attack.
The strikes specifically hit bridges over the Assi River and strategic roads in Al-Qusayr, a town known for its proximity to major routes leading into Lebanon.
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This comes as the latest in "Israel's" ongoing pattern of aggression against Syria.
On Monday, the Israeli occupation carried out an aggression targeting the Shinshar and al-Majd suburbs, located between the cities of Hasyaa and Homs in the southern countryside of Homs, central Syria.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that the Israeli occupation forces struck a humanitarian aid convoy near the al-Majd suburb, south of Homs, prompting a temporary closure of the road for safety reasons.
SANA reported that the attack targeted an aid distribution point for Lebanese arrivals in the Shamsin area, south of Homs, near the Homs-Damascus international highway, which was temporarily closed following the assault.
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