Russian Air Defense Units Deployed in Syria Intercept Israeli Missile
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian Air Defense that have deployed close to Damascus city tracked and targeted one of the missiles fired by Israeli forces at the Syrian capital's countryside, an Arab media outlet reported on Sunday.
The Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network quoted a well-informed Russian source as disclosing that the Pantsir-S1 combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile system that is supervised by the Russian military experts in Syrian intercepted one of the Israeli missiles in al-Kaswa regin in the Southern countryside of Damascus on Friday mid-night.
Al-Mayadeen further added that Israel hit Syria's under-construction military installation and the Syrian Army's ammunition deports by two Ariha-1 missiles.
Local sources confirmed on Saturday that the Syrian army's air defense units fired at least four missiles at an Israeli fighter jet after the Tel Aviv forces' missiles hit a region in Western Damascus, adding that the Damascus air defense could intercept some of the incoming missiles.
The sources said that the Syrian military's anti-aircraft missiles were fired from the Mezzeh Airbase in rural Damascus in the early hours of Saturday.
The sources added that an Israeli fighter jet was flying at a low altitude over Lebanon’s Baalbek region near Syria's border when the Syrian missiles were launched.
They added that a number of Israeli missiles were fired toward the 1st Division ammo depot in the Western countryside of Damascus, adding that the Syrian Air Defense managed to intercept some of the missiles before hitting their designated targets.
However, some of the missiles hit their intended target, causing loud explosions near the towns of Kesweh and Sahnaya, the sources further added.
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