{"id":6794,"date":"2025-03-28T19:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=6794"},"modified":"2025-03-28T19:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:02:31","slug":"video-israeli-airstrikes-hit-syrias-key-port-city-latakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=6794","title":{"rendered":"Video: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria\u2019s Key Port City, Latakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Video: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria\u2019s Key Port City, Latakia<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1867062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1867062\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1867062\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Port-of-Latakia.png?resize=1200%2C628\" alt=\"Port of Latakia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Port-of-Latakia.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Port-of-Latakia-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Port-of-Latakia-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Port-of-Latakia-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Port-of-Latakia-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1867062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screengrab from X video posted by AMK Mapping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Israel has launched multiple airstrikes on Latakia, a major port city in northwestern Syria, early Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media reports, Israeli strikes hit areas around Latakia\u2019s port and a former military base of the 110th Naval Brigade, previously controlled by the Assad regime.<\/p>\n<p>Ammunition depots near the Al-Abyad Port were also targeted. Authorities are currently assessing the extent of the damage, and no casualties have been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Defense Ministry has not yet released an official statement on the airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>Israel also carried out attacks in Daraa, a province in southern Syria. Per reports six people were killed in the Israeli military operation in Koya, a town in western Daraa.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces stated that their artillery and airstrikes were in response to cross-border fire coming from inside Syria.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Multiple Israeli airstrikes targeted the Syrian port city of Latakia a short while ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBQdyYqSKC\">pic.twitter.com\/EBQdyYqSKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AMK Mapping <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f1f3-1f1ff.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> (@AMK_Mapping_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMK_Mapping_\/status\/1905068653068059106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reports from open-source air traffic trackers suggest that a US Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone was operating near Syria\u2019s coastline during the Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p>However, there has been no official confirmation of any US involvement in the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Since Assad\u2019s government fell, Israel has taken control of the Golan Heights\u2019 demilitarized buffer zone, which was once a neutral area between Syria and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>This has been described as a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement between the two countries. Israel has also conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, mainly targeting military sites, missile systems, and air defence facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials claim that these operations are intended to prevent advanced weaponry from reaching armed groups that pose a threat to their security.<\/p>\n<p>Syria\u2019s newly formed government, led by transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has not yet made an official statement on the continued Israeli airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sharaa, a key figure in the anti-Assad movement, was declared president in January after opposition forces seized control of Damascus on December 8, forcing Assad to flee to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is evaluating the possibility of lifting some economic sanctions on Syria to support its new leadership in rebuilding the war-torn country. In return, the US is demanding.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete destruction of all remaining chemical weapons from the Assad era<\/li>\n<li>A ban on foreign fighters operating within Syria<\/li>\n<li>Cooperation in counterterrorism efforts<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in locating missing journalist Austin Tice, a former US Marine who disappeared in Syria 10 years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Per reports, Israeli forces have been conducting near-daily incursions beyond the demarcation line in southern Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the demilitarisation of Syria\u2019s southern regions, which border the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.<\/p>\n<p><em>References: turkiyetoday, yenisafak<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    MI News Network<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/shipping-news\/video-israeli-airstrikes-hit-syrias-key-port-city-latakia\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=video-israeli-airstrikes-hit-syrias-key-port-city-latakia\">Go to marine insight<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria\u2019s Key Port City, Latakia Screengrab from X video posted by AMK Mapping Israel has launched multiple airstrikes on Latakia, a major port city in northwestern Syria, early Thursday. According to local media reports, Israeli strikes hit areas around Latakia\u2019s port and a former military base of the 110th Naval Brigade, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-6794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}