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| Israeli jets 'hit Syrian chemical site' | Israeli jets 'hit Syrian chemical site' |
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| Syria says Israeli jets have hit a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a chemical weapons factory. | Syria says Israeli jets have hit a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a chemical weapons factory. |
| An army statement said rockets fired from Lebanese airspace targeted the site near Masyaf, killing two soldiers. | An army statement said rockets fired from Lebanese airspace targeted the site near Masyaf, killing two soldiers. |
| Unconfirmed Arab media reports say a chemical weapons production facility was hit in the attack. | Unconfirmed Arab media reports say a chemical weapons production facility was hit in the attack. |
| Israel, which has carried out clandestine attacks on weapons sites in Syria before, has not commented. | Israel, which has carried out clandestine attacks on weapons sites in Syria before, has not commented. |
| The incident comes a day after UN investigators said they had concluded that the Syrian government was behind a deadly chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in April. | |
| At least 83 people died in the attack on Khan Sheikhoun, the UN says. Damascus has always denied using chemical weapons. | |
| Western intelligence reports say Syria is continuing to produce chemical weapons, including at Masayaf, in violation of a 2013 deal to eliminate them. | |
| Israel has sporadically carried out air strikes on sites in Syria in recent years. | |
| It recently accused Syria of allowing its arch-enemy Iran to build missile factories there and says it aims to thwart the transfer of advanced weaponry from Syria to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. |