Israel has repeatedly attacked and destroyed targets in Syria they believe to be a direct threat - whether the reactor many years ago or convoys of rockets for movement to Lebanon and Hezbollah.
This site is, perhaps deliberately, close to the Russian airbase and its SAW defences. It will be interesting to see if they do attack it - and if the Russians let them.
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