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2022-06-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian air defense system repels air attack over Damascus UPDATE: ‘twas the IAF
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Syrian air defense (air defense) systems repel a missile attack in the sky over the Syrian capital Damascus, the state television channel Al-Ikhbariya reported on June 6.

According to journalists, explosions are heard in the city.

As REGNUM reported, on June 2, the SANA news agency disseminated information that a battle had taken place in the Syrian province between a unit of the Syrian army and a group of terrorists. The servicemen managed to repel the attack of the militants, and they retreated.
Not the Israeli air force for once? What kind of missiles in the sky would militants have?
Update at 2:40 a.m. ET:
Syria says Israeli jets strike targets south of Damascus

[IsraelTimes] Reports say sites hit in al-Kiswah, a suburb believed to hold Iranian bases; state media says air defenses intercept most of the missiles, but damage still caused

Israeli fighter jets launched a series of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on an area south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday night, causing damage to several sites, Syria’s official state media reported.

A Twitter account tracking Israeli military activity in Syria claimed the strikes targeted sites in the suburb of al-Kiswah, south of Damascus and near the Damascus International Airport, southeast of the city. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said the strikes targeted al-Kiswah. The claims could not immediately be independently verified.

The al-Kiswah area has been bombed by Israel in the past for allegedly containing Iranian military bases.
An attractive nuisance, those things are. The Israelis can’t resist.
Heavy explosions were heard over both the Syrian capital and northern Israel, according to local reports.

The state-run broadcaster, SANA, said most of the missiles — launched from over the Golan Heights — were intercepted. It did not immediately elaborate on the damage caused to the sites that were hit.

The Syrian military claims to shoot down incoming missiles after nearly every alleged Israeli strike, an assertion Israeli military officials and civilian defense analysts largely dismiss as empty boasts.

There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces, which does not normally comment on individual strikes.

Israel has carried out hundreds of sorties over Syria in the last decade, mostly to stymie attempts by Iranian forces to transfer weapons or establish a foothold.

Israeli strikes have continued in Syrian airspace, which is largely controlled by Russia, even as ties with Moscow have deteriorated in recent weeks. Israel has found itself at odds with Russia as it has increasingly supported Ukraine, while seeking to maintain freedom of movement in Syria’s skies.

The last strike in Syria attributed to Israel was on May 21, when three Syrian soldiers were killed in a surface-to-surface missile strike near Damascus.
Posted by badanov 2022-06-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ]  Top
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