Two people were wounded in Israeli air strikes on Syria's western coast on Saturday, the Syrian Defence Ministry said.
“At around 6.30am the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with several rockets from the Mediterranean west of Lebanon's city of Tripoli,” the ministry tweeted.
It said the strikes targeted poultry farms near the town of Al Hamidiyah, south of the port city of Tartus.
The attack injured two civilians, one of them a woman, and caused some material damage, the ministry said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the attack, saying it targeted hangars that were used in the past for raising animals, and “are likely used by Hezbollah militarily and commercially”.
Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbour, aiming at government troops as well as allied Iran-backed forces and fighters of Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah.
Last month Israeli strikes on Damascus International Airport left its runways unusable for weeks.
Besides the extensive damage caused to civilian and military runways, the British-based observatory said the strikes had targeted nearby warehouses used as weapons depots by Iran and Hezbollah.
While Israel rarely comments on individual strikes, it has acknowledged carrying out hundreds of them.
The Israeli military says they are necessary to stop its enemy Iran gaining a foothold on its doorstep.
The conflict in Syria has killed nearly half a million people and forced about half of the country's pre-war population from their homes.
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Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021
Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.
The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.
These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.
“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.
“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.
“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.
“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”
Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.
There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.
“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.
“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.
“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”
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