Syrian air defenses came to life around the Damascus airport on Friday
night, as Israeli warplanes carried out attacks in the area. Reports
from Syrian state media say that the attacks centered on a warehouse outside of the airport.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the warehouse was hit,
and said a second target south of Damasscus was also struck. The
warehouse was claimed to be used by Iranian militias.
This was the first Israeli attack on Syria since Christmas Day, when an
errant Syrian anti-aircraft missile landed in Israeli occupied
territory, sparking a flurry of Israeli attacks. There was no apparent
provocation for this attack.
The Israeli planes attacked through Lebanese airspace. There were reports of Israeli planes flying low in southern Lebanon, and causing a number of sonic booms over the Lebanese city of Tyre.
Syria’s aviation ministry said that operations at the Damascus airport
were unaffected by the attacks, and that flights continued normally
throughout the night.
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Israel murdered 32 U.S. Sailors and Wounded over a hundred more on The USS Liberty and LBJ and his comrades let them get away with that, so why would Israel hesitate to invade Syrian airspace today???
Seems Netanyahu wants all out war with Syria and Iran, maybe he figures he can stay in power that way. Also in an all out war the Palestinians become hostages more then anything else, he can start the slaughter again and claim it’s for the security of Israel. Save lives dump Netanyahu.
Will they ever stop? Syria claims they were shot down, but why are they there at all? As for Lebanese air space, it has been invaded daily for years and nobody in the “international community” cares at all. Pompass even wants to control Lebanon completely, removing all Hezbollah even though they are part of the government.
Hmmm. Looks like Israel called Russia’s S-400 bluff.
At the very least, the Russians and Syrians will be walking on eggshells for the duration of the U.S. Syrian pullout.
Figures Israel would use this as a strike window.
So long as Israel has such tremendous power in Washington, the U.S.
will continue to overlook the egregious military activity of Netanyahu.
shoot ’em down