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2017-01-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israeli rockets hit military airport near Damascus
[Iran Press TV] A huge kaboom has rocked a Syrian Air Force installation southwest of the capital Damascus, after the Israeli regime launched a rocket attack against a designated target at the site.

The Israeli rockets struck the Mezzeh Military Airport, less than eight kilometers southwest of Damascus, early on Friday, and caused a large fire, but there has been no immediate report of casualties.

Syrian state TV quoted the army command as saying that the rockets, which it said were fired from an area close to the Sea of Galilee in the north of the Israeli-occupied Paleostinian territories, hit the airport’s compound.

Earlier reports said the rockets had targeted an arms depot at the military installation.

Several loud kabooms were reportedly heard after the attack against the major facility for the elite Elite Republican Guards.

The Syrian army also vowed to take Dire Revenge for the "flagrant" attack and "amputate the arms of the perpetrators."

"The Syrian army command and armed forces warn Israel of the repercussions of the flagrant attack and stresses its continued fight against (this) terrorism," it said in a statement.

The development came more than a month after the Israeli military fired missiles from within the occupied Paleostinian territory at the same Syrian army airbase outside Damascus.

"At 3:00 a.m., the Israeli enemy fired several surface-to-surface missiles from inside occupied territory," Syria’s official news agency SANA reported in December, citing a military source. The report said the Israeli missiles set off a blaze at the targeted site.

The Syrian military source called the missile attack against the Mezzeh airbase part of "desperate attempts by the Israeli enemy to support terrorist groups and raise their low morale."

The Mezzeh airbase reportedly hosts the headquarters of the Air Force Intelligence Directorate.
...and also a prison. According to the Rantburg archives, Israel has hit it several times already.
Posted by Fred 2017-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Syria 

#1 From the BBC in 2013:

Mezzeh military airport is an important strategic installation and plays a significant role in distributing the government's military supplies.
Posted by Pappy 2017-01-13 08:45||   2017-01-13 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran's airport to stock Hezbies?
Posted by Frank G 2017-01-13 08:57||   2017-01-13 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll take "Iranian trans-shipment points" for $100, Alex.
Posted by Pappy 2017-01-13 11:55||   2017-01-13 11:55|| Front Page Top

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