Syria says its air defenses fired at ‘enemy targets’ near Damascus

29 November 2018, 9:51 pm

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Syrian state media reports that the country’s air defenses intercepted a number of “enemy targets” south of Damascus.

The report in the official SANA news outlet does not identify the enemy in question.

Military sources tell SANA the incoming projectiles were heading toward the al-Kiswah area, which has been bombed by Israel in the past as the IDF says it served as a base for Iranian military activities in Syria.

Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria in recent years, though this has slowed in the past few months after Syrian air defenses accidentally shot down a Russian spy plane during an Israeli raid, prompting Moscow to supply Damascus with an advanced anti-aircraft system.

— Judah Ari Gross