Israeli missile strikes target Iranian positions in Syria on Tuesday

Israeli missile strikes targeted Iranian military positions in the Syrian provinces of Hama and Tartus on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

Israeli missile strikes targeted Iranian military positions in the Syrian provinces of Hama and Tartus on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

Syria's state news agency SANA said its air defense systems downed several missiles launched from Israeli warplanes.

The Observatory said missiles struck Wadi al-Oyoun in the central province of Hama, near a scientific research center which was already targeted by Israeli strikes in July and last year.

Iranian military positions in the coastal region of Banias, in the province of Tartus, were also targeted, the Britain-based monitoring organization said.

"There was material damage," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman.

"The air defense system responded to an Israeli aggression carried out by aircraft... that targeted some of our military positions in the provinces of Tartus and Hama," SANA said, quoting a military source.

"Some of the missiles" were down, the agency said, reporting an initial casualty toll of one dead and four wounded.

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