{"id":127134,"date":"2025-07-12T06:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=127134"},"modified":"2025-07-12T06:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:49:33","slug":"blasts-rock-syrias-latakia-amid-reports-of-israeli-strike-on-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/127134\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts rock Syria&#8217;s Latakia amid reports of Israeli strike on base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Loud explosions were heard at dawn on Saturday in the Latakia countryside in western Syria, amid reports of an Israeli airstrike targeting a military installation belonging to the Syrian Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blasts reportedly struck \u201cBrigade 107,\u201d located in the rural outskirts of the city of Jableh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local sources and social media activists, Brigade 107\u2014also known as &#8220;Zama&#8221;\u2014was being prepared to serve as a Turkish military base on the Syrian coast. They claimed that a Turkish delegation had visited the site several days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the Syrian Ministry of Defense and other official bodies have not issued any statement regarding the explosions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Taysir Mohammad<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Loud explosions were heard at dawn on Saturday in the Latakia countryside in western Syria, amid reports of an Israeli airstrike targeting a military installation belonging to the Syrian Ministry of Defense. The blasts reportedly struck \u201cBrigade 107,\u201d located in the rural outskirts of the city of Jableh. 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