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2020-03-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Alleged Belgian airstrikes target Hezbollah site, Syrian airport
[Jpost] Syrian air defenses responded to attacks allegedly launched by Israel in southern and central Syria on Wednesday night, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. The Step News Agency reported that the airstrikes in Homs targeted a site belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group and the Dabaa Military Airfield.

The attack was reportedly launched by Israel from over Lebanese airspace and the Golan Heights, according to SANA, and targeted Homs and the Quneitra region of southwestern Syria. The Syrian military told SANA that Syrian air defenses successfully prevented any of the rockets from hitting their targets.

Homs is nearly 125 miles (about 200 km) away from the Golan Heights.After the strikes overnight, the airspace above the Golan Heights east of the Jordan River was closed to civilian flights over 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) for the next three days. Israel did not claim responsibility for the airstrikes.

The airstrikes come just days after the IDF thwarted an attempted sniper attack along the Syria-Israel border in the Golan Heights on Monday as Israelis voted in the 23rd Knesset elections.
The Times of Israel adds:
SANA quoted a military source saying that at 12.30 am on Thursday (2230 GMT Wednesday) “our air defense observed Israeli warplane movement… several missiles were fired towards the central region.

“The hostile missiles were immediately dealt with, and were successfully confronted, none was able to reach its target.” Syria routinely and falsely claims to have intercepted Israeli missiles.

Israel has attacked the T-4, or Tiyas, air base near Homs on multiple occasions. Israeli defense officials have previously claimed the base is being used by Iranian forces as part of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to entrench militarily in Syria, something Israel has vowed to prevent.

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-05 01:03|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
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#1 "We have intercepted the Joooo Aggression Missiles™ with our airfields and ammunition storehouses"
Posted by Frank G 2020-03-05 05:26||   2020-03-05 05:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Belgian air strikes;;;;LOL. If only.
Posted by Vespasian Grundy8115 2020-03-05 08:45||   2020-03-05 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 They have 3 or 4 dozen F-16s as I recall.

No in-air fueling capability though.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-03-05 11:45||   2020-03-05 11:45|| Front Page Top

#4 And had 2 anti-air kills last year.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-05 13:19||   2020-03-05 13:19|| Front Page Top

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