News reaching CEOAFRICA.com is that Israeli aircraft have carried out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia.

Reports of the strike came as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said all Syria's declared equipment for making chemical weapons had been destroyed, one day before deadline.

According to source, Israeli officials have repeatedly said it would act if it felt Syrian weapons, conventional or chemical, were being transferred to militant groups in the region, especially Hezbollah.

Source further said that the strike was targeted at Russian-made missiles intended for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Latakia is a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, where his Alawite community is concentrated.

This is believed to be the fifth or sixth Israeli attack in Syria this year.