The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
Israel said to hit chemical weapons site near Hama
Several reports on social media are claiming that Israeli jets attacked the Scientific Studies and Research Center, known as CERS, near Masyaf in Hama province.
Israel said to hit chemical weapons site near Hama
Several reports on social media are claiming that Israeli jets attacked the Scientific Studies and Research Center, known as CERS, near Masyaf in Hama province.
— Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) July 22, 2018
Israel has reportedly attacked the site, thought to be a chemical arms manufacturer, in the past.
Report: Israeli jets strike Syria
The Lebanese news site LBCI reports that Israeli planes are bombing targets in Syria near the Bekaa Valley.
There is no confirmation of the attacks.
Syrian research site thought to be involved in developing chemical warheads
Western official have long associated the CERS site with the manufacture of chemical weapons.
In September 2017, Israel reportedly carried out a strike on the facility. The bombing came after opposition sources claimed that Iranian and Syrian specialists were working there to develop chemical weapons capability for missiles.
A senior member of the Syrian opposition, citing security officials still working for the regime at the time, told The Times of Israel in 2014 that Assad’s forces were stockpiling chemical substances and missiles carrying chemical warheads at the site, which was not made available to international inspectors tasked with ensuring the destruction of the weapons.
A picture taken on July 22, 2018 from the Israeli Golan Heights shows a smoke plume rising across the border in Quneitra in southwestern Syria, as rebels destroy their arms stocks prior to their departure. (AFP / JALAA MAREY)
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