Syria AIRSTRIKE Military responding to
'ISRAELI ATTACK' in Damascus and Homs SYRIAS air-defences have been firing at
unidentified objects over Damascus in what is believed to be an Israel airstrike,
it has been reported. Syria state television has confirmed its air
defences are repelling attacks in the countrys Homs region. The military announced at around 1.10Am local
time (11.10Pm GMT) that it had fired missiles towards the Shayrat Airbase, to the south-east
of Homs, and its surrounding area in the Homs Governorate. Local reporter Ibrahim Joudeh took to Twitter
and posted a video of the missiles being shot at in the sky.
He said: Video shows Missile launched against
unknown Target in Far East Damascus countryside." Mr Joudeh added shortly after that another
air defence missile was just launched. According to local reports, several missiles
were launched after unknown warplanes entered Syrian airspace from Lebanon. A military source added the Syrian military
believes Israeli warplanes were responsible. Also a number of local reporters have said
there are "Israeli warplanes" flying at high-altitude carrying out the attack after crossing the
borders through Lebanon.
It is currently unclear what the airstrike
was targeting. Initial reports claim the raid is aimed at
the T4 base, but others say it is aimed at Shyrat AB which was hit last year in the US
Tomahawk attack. A source within the Syrian Army told local
media site Al-Masdar that the T4 base was the operations likely target. They added that several explosions were heard
near the base.
A statement from the Syrian regime added that
several missiles were intercepted, but these reports are unconfirmed. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) declared
that at least nine Israeli missiles were shot down. There are currently no reports of targets
hit in Damascus. Reports say six missiles have hit Shayrat
air base in Homs and three missiles have hit Dumayr airbase, but these are unconfirmed
so far.
The attack comes after reports of covert airstrikes
carried out by Israeli forces at Iranian bases in the Jabal Azzan region south of Aleppo. According to Amichai Stein, a correspondent
for the Israeli public broadcasting corporation, the Syrian Ministry of Defence claimed it
had intercepted 3 missiles that struck Dumair military airport. He explained: Syrian MoD claims to have
intercept three missiles that struck Dumair military Airport northeast of Damascus and
six missiles launched towards Shayrat military Air Base in Homs. The Pentagon has declared there is "no US
military activity near Homs at this time".
It added: "We do not have additional details
to provide." The recent incident follows a coordinated
attack by the US, UK and France that saw over 100 missiles launched from US ships and UK
Tornado fighter-bombers. The strike was designed to disable the countrys
use of chemical weapons after it allegedly used chlorine against rebels in Douma, eastern
Ghouta on April 7..
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