Israel destroys Iranian drone manufacturing plant in Syria

msn:  The Israeli Air Force has reported the destruction of an Iranian drone factory located in Syrian territory in a bombing raid on Saturday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that the facility assembled unmanned vehicles whose parts were manufactured in Iran and then secretly shipped to Dimas in southern Syria.

During the night of Friday to Saturday, the Israeli air force reportedly bombed this target and disabled the radar and the take-off runway also located in these facilities. There are no reports of personal injuries.

Israeli military sources quoted by the daily 'Yedioth Aharonot' explained that the attack was executed with missiles launched from the Sea of Galilee and that the Syrian anti-aircraft defenses shot down most of the projectiles.

The Saudi network Al Arabiya reported that the target was members of the 4,400th Unit of the Lebanese Hezbollah party-militia, an ally of Iran, which was transporting Iranian weapons from Syria to Lebanon under the command of Hajj Fadi.

Fadi was responsible for the ammonium nitrate shipment at the port of Beirut that caused a devastating explosion in 2020, the aftermath of which is still affecting the Lebanese economy and society.

In addition, Unit 4400 would have direct links to Unit 190 of the Quds Force, the overseas branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.