Syria missile strikes (August 2019)
| Syria missile strikes (August 2019) | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Iran–Israel conflict in the Syrian civil war | |
| Location | North of Damascus, Syria |
| Planned by | Israel |
| Date | 25 August 2019 |
| Executed by | Israeli Air Force |
The strikes were conducted by the Israeli Air Force late at night on 25 August 2019.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an IDF spokesman, told that Israeli officials had been monitoring a plot for several months in which they thought Iran's Revolutionary Guards’ force had been planning to send explosives-laden attack drones into Israel. He claimed that the Iranians initially attempted to put the plan into motion on Thursday. However, Iran did not have a reaction.