MOSCOW –  The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):

7:30 p.m.

Syrian state media and an independent monitoring group are reporting an Israeli air raid targeting government-held areas in the center and west of the country.

Syria’s SANA news agency says Israeli jets flying at high altitude above Lebanon fired several missiles on the area of Wadi Ayoun in Syria’s Hama province, killing at least one person, and the town of Baniyas in the coastal Latakia province. The attack was launched on Tuesday around dusk.

It says the country’s air defenses shot down five of the missiles.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported several explosions in the two areas. It says Israeli jets struck military installations belonging to Iran, a key ally of the Syrian government.

Israel is believed to be behind a string of strikes targeting government and allied military installations. The Syrian government accused Israel of striking a weapons research facility near Wadi Ayoun in July.

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3:15 p.m.

The Kremlin has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s warnings against a possible Syrian government attack on a rebel-held enclave.

Trump on Monday sent a tweet warning the Syrian government and its allies against a “reckless attack” on rebel-held Idlib province. Russia has been a key backer of President Bashar Assad and has complained about militants in Idlib targeting its own facilities and posing a terrorist threat on the whole.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday reiterated Russia’s stance and called Idlib “a hornets’ nest of terrorists.”

Asked about Trump’s tweet, Peskov said such warnings do not take into account “the dangerous and negative potential” of the rebel-held enclave and show that the White House does not have a “comprehensive approach” to solving the Syria crisis.