Israeli Missiles Fired at Aleppo, Damascus Airfields Destroyed by Syrian Air Defense
TEHRAN (Tasnim)- The Syrian news agency SANA reported on Wednesday that the country's air defense destroyed a number of Israeli missiles that were launched toward Aleppo International Airport.
Additionally, it was asserted that another missile attack over Damascus was deflected by Syrian air defenses.
According to Maj. Gen. Oleg Egorov, deputy director of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, Syrian air defense forces intercepted and shot down three Israeli missiles that were aimed at airfields in Aleppo and Damascus.
"Eight F-16 tactical fighters of the Israeli Air Force, without entering Syrian airspace, struck with eight guided missiles and eight guided air bombs at the facilities of the Nairab (Aleppo) and Duwali (Damascus) airfields. Three missiles were destroyed by the duty air defense forces of the Syrian Arab Republic," he said at a briefing, Sputnik reported.
The antenna post of the Syrian S-125 air defense system, two warehouses filled with military supplies, and the inactive runway at the Nairab airfield were all destroyed, he continued, adding that five Syrian soldiers were also wounded.
Syria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-to-present occupation of the Arab country’s Golan Heights. Israel maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as one of its launching pads for attacks against the Syrian soil.
The regime's attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011 when the Arab country found itself in the grips of foreign-backed militancy and terrorism.
Syria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-to-present occupation of the Arab country’s Golan Heights. Israel maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as one of its launching pads for attacks against the Syrian soil.
The regime's attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011 when the Arab country found itself in the grips of foreign-backed militancy and terrorism.
Last week, Syria called on the United Nations and the world body’s Security Council to condemn in clear and explicit terms the Israeli regime’s recurrent and often deadly acts of aggression against the country’s territory.
The Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry made the request in letters addressed to the UN secretary-general and the president of the Security Council on Saturday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
Damascus asked the UN chief and the Security Council to “issue clear and explicit condemnation” of the Israeli acts of aggression.
Israel's attacks on Syria, the letters read, constitute a deliberate and repeated violation of the sovereignty of a member state of the United Nations and pose a direct threat to the regional and international peace and security.
