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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) engaged early on August 7 at least four Israeli aerial objects over the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that SAA troops in al-Jabiyah hill and Umm Hawran hill launched flares and engaged the objects, which were described by the London-based monitoring group as drones, using anti-aircraft guns. No anti-aircraft missiles were fired however. It’s unclear yet if any of the objects was shot down.
These objects, either small reconnaissance drones or decoys, were likely launched by the Israeli military to test and try to locate Syrian air defenses in the southern region. This happened before large-scale Israeli aerial attacks on several occasions in the past.
The unusual engagement came as Israel is preparing for for a possible response to its recent strikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni Red Sea port of al-Hodeida, the assassinations of Hezbollah’s military chief Fuad Shukr in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and Hamas’s leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Last April, Iran launched large-scale missile and drone attacks against Israel in response to a deadly strike that hit its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The Israeli military responded by launching an aerial attack against Iran later in the same month. During the attack, strikes hit air defense sites in southern Syria, including one in Daraa.
Israel has already vowed to attack Iran again if it went on with its plans to launch another missile and drone strike along with its allies. The Israeli military may be testing Syrian air defenses in order to prepare for such an attack.
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al busayrah on the left bank of the euphrates has fallen to pro-assad arab tribal fighters.
syrian observatory for human rights = mi6 mouthpiece pumping out disinformation for the uk regime. one guy living in a terraced house in birmingham who hasn’t been to syria for 20 years. just a one man band version of bellingcrap, sorry bellingcat.