Syria Repels Zionist Airstrikes Over Damascus
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) -- The Syrian military said Wednesday the country's air defenses have repelled several "hostile missiles” fired by Israeli jets over the capital Damascus.
Israeli warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace near the southern district of Marjayoun and the occupied Golan Heights before firing missiles towards Damascus in the early hours of Wednesday, official news agency SANA said.
SANA said the Syrian air defense systems had successfully fended off the airstrikes on the capital and its suburbs, adding several missiles had also been downed south of Damascus before reaching their targets.
Syria state-run broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya the airstrikes by the Zionist reigme destroyed at least two residential buildings in the southwest of Damascus, leaving inhabitants of the property – a father, a mother and their children – injured.
Tel Aviv confirmed the attack, claiming to have struck dozens of what it described as Iranian and Syrian targets.
The occupying regime of Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, including in the Golan Heights, most of them against what the Tel Aviv regime claims to be the positions of pro-Syrian forces.
In early 2018, Syria targeted and shot down at least one Israeli F-16 that had intruded into its airspace.
Syria has called on the United Nations to adopt necessary measures to stop the occupying regime’s repeated acts of military aggression on the country which is emerging from an eight-year war.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said the strikes were a "wrong move” that is in "stark contrast” to international law, Interfax reported.
He added that Moscow had reached out to its allies regarding the incident, the report said.
The occupying regime’s military had said it coordinated its aerial campaign with Moscow through the deconfliction mechanism they established in light of Russia’s significant military presence in Syria.
Zionist leaders issued fresh threats to Iran after the operation, with the war minister boasting Iranian leaders were "not immune”.
"The rules have changed: Whoever fires at Israel during the day will not sleep at night. That was the case last week and it is the case this week,” said newly installed extremist Naftali Bennett, also referring to last week’s targeted killing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in his home in Gaza, which sparked a two-day conflagration.
"Our message to the leaders of Iran is simple: You are not immune anymore. Wherever you send your octopus tentacles, we will hack them off,” Bennett said.
Zionist PM Benjamin Netanyahu said of the strike: "I have made clear that anyone who attacks us, we will attack them. That is what we did tonight toward military targets of the Iranian Quds Force and Syrian military targets in Syria.”
Independent observers believe the baseless allegation is another desperate attempt by Netanyahu to raise his chances of forming a cabinet.
Israeli warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace near the southern district of Marjayoun and the occupied Golan Heights before firing missiles towards Damascus in the early hours of Wednesday, official news agency SANA said.
SANA said the Syrian air defense systems had successfully fended off the airstrikes on the capital and its suburbs, adding several missiles had also been downed south of Damascus before reaching their targets.
Syria state-run broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya the airstrikes by the Zionist reigme destroyed at least two residential buildings in the southwest of Damascus, leaving inhabitants of the property – a father, a mother and their children – injured.
Tel Aviv confirmed the attack, claiming to have struck dozens of what it described as Iranian and Syrian targets.
The occupying regime of Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, including in the Golan Heights, most of them against what the Tel Aviv regime claims to be the positions of pro-Syrian forces.
In early 2018, Syria targeted and shot down at least one Israeli F-16 that had intruded into its airspace.
Syria has called on the United Nations to adopt necessary measures to stop the occupying regime’s repeated acts of military aggression on the country which is emerging from an eight-year war.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said the strikes were a "wrong move” that is in "stark contrast” to international law, Interfax reported.
He added that Moscow had reached out to its allies regarding the incident, the report said.
The occupying regime’s military had said it coordinated its aerial campaign with Moscow through the deconfliction mechanism they established in light of Russia’s significant military presence in Syria.
Zionist leaders issued fresh threats to Iran after the operation, with the war minister boasting Iranian leaders were "not immune”.
"The rules have changed: Whoever fires at Israel during the day will not sleep at night. That was the case last week and it is the case this week,” said newly installed extremist Naftali Bennett, also referring to last week’s targeted killing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in his home in Gaza, which sparked a two-day conflagration.
"Our message to the leaders of Iran is simple: You are not immune anymore. Wherever you send your octopus tentacles, we will hack them off,” Bennett said.
Zionist PM Benjamin Netanyahu said of the strike: "I have made clear that anyone who attacks us, we will attack them. That is what we did tonight toward military targets of the Iranian Quds Force and Syrian military targets in Syria.”
Independent observers believe the baseless allegation is another desperate attempt by Netanyahu to raise his chances of forming a cabinet.