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| Israeli jets reportedly strike weapons depot outside Damascus |
| 2017-09-23 |
| [IsraelTimes] No casualties as three separate Israeli warplanes early on Friday morning struck a Hezbollah weapons depot outside Damascus, Arabic-language media outlets reported. According to reports and a monitoring group, the three separate strikes were carried out near the Damascus International Airport, an area known to be a stronghold of the Iranian-backed terrorist group. "Israeli warplanes targeted with rocket fire a weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah near the airport," said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There were no reports of casualties or damage. Images of the alleged Israeli strike uploaded to social media showed smoke and a large ball of fire from the area near the airport. There was no immediate comment from Israel, Syria or Hezbollah on any of the reports. Video uploaded to social media was said to show the Syrian military firing an anti-aircraft missile in response to the strike. Israel has for years has been widely believed to have carried out Earlier this month, Israel allegedly struck a facility in northwestern Syria, where the regime was said to have stockpiled chemical weapons and missiles, killing two people. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Or perhaps the Russians are afraid to turn their radar on and become a primary target. Or find out that they've been accepting payment without issuing a receipt? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-23 17:03 |
| #6 Or perhaps the Israelis have the number on the soviet systems. Or perhaps the Russians are afraid to turn their radar on and become a primary target. |
| Posted by: Gleting Phiting1842 2017-09-23 16:28 |
| #5 A little fireworks for the new year. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-09-23 16:11 |
| #4 Mazel Tov! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-23 08:33 |
| #3 Some person of a suspicious bent of mind might just think that SteveS. After all the Russians are "known" to be the colluding sort. I wonder how many such depots there are and how big the secondary kabooms were. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-09-23 07:44 |
| #2 I blame the Juice! Huh? Oh, nevermind. Ever notice how the Hizbullies keep getting pounded and not a peep out of the legendary Russian air defense. A person of suspicious bent might think there was some sort of collusion between the Russians and the IDF. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-09-23 00:51 |
| #1 "No reports of casualties or damage" A secret bomb strike? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-23 00:11 |