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4 civilians killed and 3 more wounded in the Israeli airstrikes last night, others say Hezbollah fighters toes up

2021-08-21

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

4 civilians killed and 3 more wounded in the Israeli airstrikes last night, mayor of Qarah tells a local radio. Syrian state media said the strikes targeted areas near Damascus and Homs.
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 20, 2021

Israeli Strikes on Syria Kill 'Four Hizbullah Fighters'
[AnNahar] Israeli ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on Syria have killed four pro-Iranian fighters allied to the Damascus regime, a Britannia-based war monitor said Friday.

Syrian state media earlier said its air defense system engaged "hostile targets" over the capital Damascus late on Thursday.

"The Israeli enemy launched an aerial attack... targeting positions near Damascus and around the city of Homs," a military source told state news agency SANA.

"Our air defense responded to the missiles and shot most of them down."

Most. Hence the dead guys and secondaries.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israeli missiles had targeted "arms depots and military positions" belonging to Leb
Leb

...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
’s Hezbollah, in the Qarah area in the northwest of Damascus province, near Homs province and the Lebanese border.

The strikes killed four members of the Iran-backed group, but it was not immediately clear whether they were Syrian or Lebanese, the Britannia-based war monitor said.

Lebanese media also earlier reported two missiles had fallen in the Qalamoun region.

The Times of Israel adds:

Syria’s air defense forces shot down 22 missiles launched by Israeli warplanes during an ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
against targets in Syria, the Russian military said Friday.

Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, head of the Russian military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria, said six Israeli fighter jets targeted facilities in the provinces of Damascus and Homs from Leb’s airspace late Thursday.

Kulit said Syrian air defense units downed 22 of the 24 missiles launched by the Israeli warplanes with Russia-supplied air defense systems Pantsyr-S and Buk-M2.

Lebanese media also reported that two missiles fell in the Qalamoun region on the rugged border between Lebanon and Syria, though it was unclear if the projectiles were from the alleged airstrikes or errant interceptors.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Syrian air defense units downed 22 of the 24 missiles launched by the Israeli warplanes

This is how a successful air strike against a defended position works. The defenders have a certain capability to stop incoming missiles. So you bring that many missiles to saturate their defenses + a few more for some damage. Excitement and fun for everyone!

Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-21 14:57

#3 Amazing what a bold faced liars Russians are, TW?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2021-08-21 13:51

#2 It’s amazing, g(r)omgoru. And still not good enough.

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-08-21 11:53

#1 Syria shot down 22 Israeli missiles, Russian military says

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-08-21 08:36

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