Media reported an Iranian military base in northern Syria was bombed by fighter jets with witnesses reporting loud explosions and flames. According to unconfirmed reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there have been a number of casualties following the strike. Maariv Israeli News reported at least 20 dead including Iranian officers.
Some reports out of Syria claimed Israeli fighter jets had targeted the weapons depot in a government-controlled area near Aleppo, but Israel has not commented on the claims. It remains unclear if those killed were Syrians or Iranians. If the latter, Iran may soon be in a state of war with Israel, analysts said.
A second base, near Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, and two other regime sites were also targeted, according to reports, and the sources claimed that ISIS launched an attack on Assad forces and allied Shiite militias in outskirts of Al-Mayadeen city, east of Deir Ezzor.
Pro-Assad media has denied the attack on the Iranian military base. "These rumors being circulated to raise morale of terrorists, which was brought low after failure of tripartite aggression on Syria."
While it is too early to determine who launched the attack, since none of the western forces have claimed responsibility, the most likely party is Israel which as a reminder, was also the first to strike Syria last Monday, almost a week before the US-coalition forces also unloaded on Syria, the Zero Hedge said.