- Title: Syrians assess damage in Tartus after an apparent Israeli airstrike
- Date: 16th December 2024
- Summary: TARTUS, SYRIA (DECEMBER 16, 2024) (REUTERS) BROKEN GLASS ON GROUND IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN APPARENT ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE VARIOUS OF SYRIANS ASSESSING DAMAGE CHRISTMAS TREE BROKEN WINDOW SIGNS READING (Arabic and English): ’TARTOUS, BILEH’ (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN CITIZEN, HASSAN (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING: "We came here and saw - as you can see - the new tourist restaurant that we paid a lot to build, all damaged and broken." VARIOUS OF DAMAGE IN BUILDINGS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN CITIZEN, HASSAN (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING: "We are waiting for someone to get our rights morally in condemning what happened. People were scared, the new government came and they are welcome - we don't ask from it but for safety and security." VARIOUS OF DAMAGE AND BROKEN GLASS VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND SHOPS VARIOUS OF BROKEN GLASS / HASSAN ASSESSING DAMAGE
- Embargoed: 30th December 2024 09:53
- Keywords: Damascus Syria Tartus
- Location: TARTUS, SYRIA
- City: TARTUS, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001743416122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Broken glass laid around on Monday (December 16) in Syria's Tartus after explosions rocked the city in the early hours of the days.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday Israeli airstrikes targeted bases of missiles and warehouses in Tartus. NASA FIRMS, NASA’s global fire tracking map, detected thermal activity at the site on December 16. Reuters was not able to confirm if the explosion was caused by Israeli strikes.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles in the days since former President Bashar al-Assad's ouster and moved troops into a demilitarised zone inside Syria.
It has said it is destroying weapons and military infrastructure to prevent them from being used by rebel groups that drove Assad from power, some of which grew from movements linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.
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