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At least 20 people were killed or wounded late on February 6 when a series of Israeli strikes hit the central Syrian governorate of Homs.
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, citing a military source, said that Israeli warplanes launched missiles from the direction of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, targeting several positions in Homs city and countryside. The source claimed Syrian air defenses shot down some of the Israeli missiles.
A number of civilians were killed and wounded in the Israeli strikes on Homs, the source said, adding that the strikes also caused damage to both public and private property.
Local sources told Reuters that the attack targeted several Syrian army outposts and an air base in Homs, with a Syrian military intelligence source familiar with the matter saying it targeted the Shayrat Air Base in the govenrorate’s eastern countryside.
Meanwhile, the pro-government Sham FM radio station said the areas struck included the affluent al-Malaab neighborhood and Hamra Street in Homs city. It said Israel also struck farmland in al-Waer, causing fires but no casualties there.
The Homs Health Directorate said that seven people were killed and at least 13 others were wounded as a result of the Israeli strikes.
Israel has significantly escalated its attacks on Syria since the outbreak of the war with the Hamas Movement and other Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip.
Several of the recent Israeli attacks on Syria targeted commanders of the so-called Axis of Resistance, which is led by Iran. Last week, an advisor of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed when Israeli strikes hit the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
War-torn Syria has largely refrained from responding to Israel’s repeated attacks in an attempt to avoid a dangerous confrontation.
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oh dear, child of satan is out again, go back to your shi* hole clown.
dead-ass this rtded kid only show up on report like this… this bot and other likes him.
i think you are the real bot clown here you son of a jihadi rapist. you go home and worship your lord and saviour vladimir putin and your god kim jong un
why are syrians air defence so ineffective? (modern russia s-300)
because the zionist thugs are using stand off missiles from lebanon, what we should ask is why the hell does lebanon not have any air defence or even a airforce? this shit has been going on for years, having said that the s-300 may just be in range of the launch point in lebanon.
since when does russia allow syria to use the s-300? the syrians can only use s-200 they have.
why are zionists air defence are so ineffective…. against hamas $100 rockets?
ignoring the fact iran and hezbollah both send their drones deep inside israel many times…. or the fact that a s-200 missile landed near zionist nuclear site?
homs have one of syria airport – having the air defence on high alert is not good idea – ignoring the fact that israel jets hide behind civilian airplanes.
i said this many times, for air defence to really work, you need layers of air defence systems working together. which cost a lot and that would still leave some spots open.
that is just what the vietnamese had over hanoi and it cost the americans.
20 islamic pagan child rapists deleted from the map. that’s 20 less islamic satanists.
god is god. you‘re doing satans work in turning things on their head. أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
somehow, i don’t think syria is going to put up with this much longer, or the rest of the middle east. sane people when surrounded by potential enemies don’t stir stuff up. isn’t it strange that jews go to israel to be safe, but israel are surrounded by potential enemies and always bombing civilians and military targets? most people are apparently so stupid that it is literally hard to believe. for the record, hitler was also a zionist. it’s all so earthly.