Syrian Air Defense Systems Repel Arial Attack on Damascus (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Syria’s air defenses have thwarted a missile attack, intercepting several “hostile targets” launched towards the capital, Damascus, Syrian state media reported.
Videos shared on social media show Syrian Air Defense Force systems repelling an attack in the capital city of Damascus.
Users sharing videos online allege that multiple airstrikes have been reported as the Syrian Air Defense Force systems respond to the attacks.
“The hostile missiles came from the occupied Golan... and they were downed before they reached their targets,” a military source said, as cited by Syrian SANA news agency.
The agency reported earlier, citing its own correspondent, that the missiles came from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel, which usually does not comment on its bombing incursions into Syria, is known to have struck the Damascus countryside multiple times before.
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Israeli airstrikes on Damascus suburbs on February 6 threatened a passenger plane with 172 people on board, prompting it to divert to Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Syria, Sputnik previously reported.