Syria's air defenses intercept Israeli warplane missiles near city of Hama

Citing military sources, SANA news agency and Syrian state television said that Israeli aircraft had targeted "one of our military positions towards the city of Masyaf."

By REUTERS

APRIL 13, 2019 08:31

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Israeli planes targeted a military position near the province of Hama in Syria on Saturday, but Syrian air defenses intercepted and downed some of the rockets, Syrian state television said on Saturday.

Citing military sources, SANA news agency and Syrian state television said that Israeli aircraft had targeted "one of our military positions towards the city of Masyaf."

A hostile target was also destroyed over Talkalakh in Western Homs #Syria pic.twitter.com/L3Z12vra38
— G (@SyrianLionesss) April 13, 2019

"The enemy missiles were dealt with and some of them were shot down before reaching their target, resulting in the damage of a few buildings and the injury of three fighters," SANA added.

#BREAKING: Image reported to show burning remains of the Talae’e military base. Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes on the base which is said to be controlled by the IRGC near Masyaf, Syria- Via @Step_Agency pic.twitter.com/XmdcamVJUP
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) April 13, 2019

Since the civil war started, Israel has carried out scores of military strikes in Syria during against suspected arms transfers and deployments by Iranian forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies which are backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.