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Israel hits air defence base in Syria: report

Israel has carried out an aerial strike targeting a main Syrian air defence base in the southern Syria, media reports said.

New Delhi: Israel has carried out an aerial strike targeting a main Syrian air defence base in the southern Syria, media reports said.

Media reports citing a Syrian military source said that the state media had earlier said missile strikes coming from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights had targeted several sites it did not identify.

“Our air defences confronted the (Israeli) aggressors’ missiles and downed some of them with only material losses,” a Syrian military source said.

Reports said that a Syrian army source was quoted on state media as saying Israel staged another round of strikes after midnight near the capital but gave no details.

Source
IANS

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