(AFP) Dave Clark - A Syrian bunker complex outside the port of Tartus was ablaze and rocked by explosions Monday, hours after an intense wave of Israeli air strikes. Even after the strikes ended, blasts continued to erupt. Missile launch tubes, mortar shells and damaged munitions were scattered on the ground and plumes of smoke rose from the terraced sides of the valley as parts of the arsenal continued to detonate. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Israel targeted "tunnels under the mountains" thought to hold "depots of ballistic missiles, ammunition, artillery shells and other military equipment."
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