DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The Syrian air defenses have repelled a missile attack by the Zionist regime, which targeted the town of Masyaf in the central province of Hama, Syrian media said.
A military source said that “at about 19:45 p.m. on Saturday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression from the direction of the north of Lebanon that targeted some points in the central region as the army air defenses confronted it and shot down a number of missiles.”
The London-based so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is close to the Syrian opposition, said explosions were heard in the town of Masyaf and nearby areas in the west of government-controlled Hama province.
It said the strikes were the eighth by the Zionist regime against Syria so far this year.
The Zionist regime’s fighter jets frequently launch missile strikes on targets in Syria, using Lebanese airspace or through the occupied Golan Heights.
The UN peacekeeping forces based in Lebanon have repeatedly reported that the occupying regime violates UN resolutions on a daily basis and violates Lebanese airspace.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry recently issued a statement condemning the regime’s attacks on Syria, saying that Damascus will use all legitimate means to respond to these aggressions.
Syria and the occupying regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-to-present occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.
The Zionist regime maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as one of its launchpads for attacks against the Syrian soil.
The regime’s attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011, when Syria found itself in the grip of rampant foreign-backed terrorism.
In early March, the occupying regime launched a missile attack over the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least two civilians.
A similar Zionist attack in the vicinity of Damascus on February 24 left three soldiers killed.
Tel Aviv claims that its attacks target alleged supplies that are headed for the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah, which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against the foreign-backed terrorists.
On countless occasions, though, the strikes have targeted reinforcement belonging to Syria’s military and its allies.