Israeli planes strike Syrian military base, U.S. official says
Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia on Thursday, an Obama administration official told CNN. ● An explosion at a missile storage site in the area was widely reported in the Israeli press, but an attack has not been confirmed by the Israeli government. The target, according to the Obama administration official, was missiles and related equipment the Israelis felt might be transferred to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. The official declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information. When asked for comment, an Israel "Defense" Forces spokeswoman [arrogantly] told CNN: "We don't refer to foreign reports."