Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia this week, an Obama administration official said
An explosion occurred at a missile storage site in Latakia, but an attack has not been confirmed by the Israeli government.
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According to CNN, the official said that the target was missiles and related equipment that were targeted by the Israel, as the country felt might be transferred to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.
Israel has been accused several other times this year of launching airstrikes inside Syria, including once in January.
In the January incident, a U.S. official said Israeli fighter jets bombed a Syrian convoy suspected of moving weapons to Hezbollah, the report added.
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