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Israeli jets reported to strike Syrian military site near Damascus
2017-12-05
[IsraelTimes] Syrian state TV claims its air defenses intercepted three missiles; reports come days after Israel said to hit Iranian base

Israel’s military struck a Syrian military installation on the outskirts of Damascus late Monday night, according to initial reports.

According to the reports out of Syria, the strike targeted the Jamarya military facility and research center, northwest of the Syrian capital.

"Israeli planes targeted the Jamarya region near Damascus including a scientific research center and warehouses where weapons and ammunition of the regime and its allies were stocked," Rami Abdel Rahmane, director of the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group told AFP.

Syrian state TV reported that its air defenses intercepted three missiles shot by Israel. The Syrian regime often makes such claims.

"Our air defenses blocked an Israeli missile attack on one of our positions in Damascus province and downed three of the targets," Syrian state media said.

Video posted online from near Damascus showed flashes followed by large bangs, apparently showing either the strikes. An air defense missile can also be seen being shot.
Brief video of something happening at night can be seen at the link.
The reports could be immediately confirmed. Israeli authorities do not generally comment on specific instances of air strikes.

The same site was reportedly targeted by Israeli jets in January 2013 targeting a convoy of Russian-made SA-17 missiles being transferred to the Hezbollah terror group, according to Western sources.

The report comes three days after Israeli jets reportedly hit an Iranian military base being constructed in Syria, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Israel’s northern border.

Satellite images published earlier on Monday showed the destruction at that site, the al-Qiswah base south of Damascus.
Image can be seen at the link, and there are more satellite images of the ten damaged and destroyed buildings on the Iranian base here.
According to Al Masdar, at least seven missiles came from Lebanese air space on Monday, just like the last round.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Frank wins this one. You can all go home now.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-12-05 18:13  

#1  Syrian state TV claims its air defenses intercepted three missiles; reports come days after Israel said to hit Iranian base

True, if you define "air defenses" as "Munitions warehouses"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-05 07:20  

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