<p>Cairo: Israeli strikes targeted Syria's coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous, killing one person, the Syrian state news agency reported on Friday, despite recent talks between Israel and Syria's interim government.</p><p>The Israeli military confirmed shortly after it struck what it described as weapon storage facilities containing missiles that "posed a threat to international and Israeli maritime freedom of navigation" in Latakia.</p><p>One civilian was killed in the strike on Latakia, the Syrian state news agency reported.</p> .<p>Israel has for years waged a campaign of aerial bombardment that destroyed much of the country's military infrastructure and this ramped up since the Israeli war in Gaza.</p><p>But the strikes have largely stopped in recent weeks as the two sides engaged in direct talks aimed at avoiding conflict.</p>
<p>Cairo: Israeli strikes targeted Syria's coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous, killing one person, the Syrian state news agency reported on Friday, despite recent talks between Israel and Syria's interim government.</p><p>The Israeli military confirmed shortly after it struck what it described as weapon storage facilities containing missiles that "posed a threat to international and Israeli maritime freedom of navigation" in Latakia.</p><p>One civilian was killed in the strike on Latakia, the Syrian state news agency reported.</p> .<p>Israel has for years waged a campaign of aerial bombardment that destroyed much of the country's military infrastructure and this ramped up since the Israeli war in Gaza.</p><p>But the strikes have largely stopped in recent weeks as the two sides engaged in direct talks aimed at avoiding conflict.</p>