Israeli strikes ‘dozens’ of pro-Iran targets in Syria after rockets fired on Golan Heights

Up to 11 people may have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Iranian targets within Syria on Wednesday morning, a response to rocket fire upon the Golan Heights the previous day.

The IDF said surface-to-air missiles, weapons warehouses and military bases belonging both to President Bashar al-Assad and to the pro-Iranian Quds force were among the dozens of targets hit.

“The attack was carried out in response to the launching of rockets by an Iranian force from Syria's territory into Israel, intending to strike Israeli territory,” the IDF said in a statement.

Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights opposition activist group told AP that 11 people had died.