BEIRUT - Syrian state media said late on Thursday that air defenses had destroyed a 'hostile target' west of the capital Damascus. 'Our air defenses confronted a hostile target and destroyed it west of Damascus,' the state news agency SANA said, quoting a military source. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have recovered most of the country from rebels and militants after more than seven years of civil war, helped by Russian air power and Iranian-backed militias.
