Syrian Air Defenses Respond to Zionist Aggression
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syrian air defense systems responded to a new aggression by the Zionist regime on Sunday, intercepting a number of "enemy missiles”, the Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported, citing a military source.
According to SANA, the "air aggression” occurred on Sunday at 10:16 p.m., local time (20:53 GMT), with the airstrike launched from the Golan Heights "aimed at targets in the vicinity of Damascus”.
SANA tweeted footage of the attack.
The Zionist regime frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those affiliated with the resistance movement, which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists since 2011.
The occupying regime’s media claim the airstrike was a response to a recent attack on an Israeli-owned vessel in the Gulf of Oman, which Tel Aviv blames on Iran.
Early last month, Israeli air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missiles were intercepted by the Syrian air defense systems over the country’s southwestern province of Quneitra.
In early January, a similar attack was carried out by the regime on the southwestern town of al-Zabadani in the Rif Dimashq governorate, which claimed the life of a Syrian soldier and injured three others.
In mid-January, the city of Dayr al-Zawr and the town of al-Bukamal were targeted by the regime’s airstrikes, which were carried out with intelligence provided by the U.S., according to a U.S. official.
The Syrian government wrote to the UN in January to protest another attack that killed four members of a family near the western city of Hama.
The letter by the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Damascus reserves the right to defend the country’s sovereignty and civilians against such acts of aggression.
According to SANA, the "air aggression” occurred on Sunday at 10:16 p.m., local time (20:53 GMT), with the airstrike launched from the Golan Heights "aimed at targets in the vicinity of Damascus”.
SANA tweeted footage of the attack.
The Zionist regime frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those affiliated with the resistance movement, which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists since 2011.
The occupying regime’s media claim the airstrike was a response to a recent attack on an Israeli-owned vessel in the Gulf of Oman, which Tel Aviv blames on Iran.
Early last month, Israeli air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missiles were intercepted by the Syrian air defense systems over the country’s southwestern province of Quneitra.
In early January, a similar attack was carried out by the regime on the southwestern town of al-Zabadani in the Rif Dimashq governorate, which claimed the life of a Syrian soldier and injured three others.
In mid-January, the city of Dayr al-Zawr and the town of al-Bukamal were targeted by the regime’s airstrikes, which were carried out with intelligence provided by the U.S., according to a U.S. official.
The Syrian government wrote to the UN in January to protest another attack that killed four members of a family near the western city of Hama.
The letter by the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Damascus reserves the right to defend the country’s sovereignty and civilians against such acts of aggression.