But he said he expected that Iran would eventually respond to this month’s attacks, although it was not clear when or where. The Israeli military does not confirm or deny its involvement in specific attacks in Syria, and it declined to comment on the strikes on Sunday. The allies include Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has grown in recent years into a regional military force in its own right. Another attack struck the Neirab military air base near Aleppo, the observatory said. An official from a regional alliance that includes Iran, Syria and Hezbollah confirmed that the strikes near Hama had hit a storage facility on the base and said they had destroyed 200 missiles and killed 16 people, including 11 Iranians.

Source: New York Times April 30, 2018 09:18 UTC