Syrian air defense engages 'Israeli missiles' over Damascus reports

Air defenses illuminated the skies over the Syrian city of Damascus after reports of incoming missiles from Lebanese airspace, allegedly fired by Israeli jets.

“Air Force confronts enemy missiles in the sky over Damascus," said the state news agency SANA. Reports of explosions near the cital came around 1:30 a.m. local time Friday. A grainy video showing a missile sharing the night also made rounds on social media.

A little later, SANA quoted a military source as saying “Israel’s enemy carried out air strikes from the direction southeast of Beirut," targeted at Damascus.

In the last 30 minutes #Syria| n The air force was actively exhausted #Damascus, according to state media, it was to launch “hostile attacks”. Initial unconfirmed reports from #Israel is that an air defense missile from Syria has landed in the Mediterranean off the coast of Israel. pic.twitter.com/9NtcH68A

- Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) September 2, 2021

Israel has implemented “Hundreds” of airstrikes in Syria, which Tel Aviv has called defensive attacks on “Iranian” goals in rare cases, they were recognized at all.

Iran has assisted the government in Damascus in the fight against both Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists and militant anti-government supporters backed by Turkey.

Friday’s bombing is the first major attack in two weeks. During the August 19 attack, 22 out of 24 Israeli missiles fired from Lebanese airspace were shot down by the Syrians using the Russian-made Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S air defense systems, the Russian military said afterwards.

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