The Israeli air force during the night of Thursday, April 27, attacked one of the targets near Damascus international airport. It is reported TASS with reference to the channel “al Alyam”.
According to preliminary information, the blows were inflicted on the military base. In the vicinity of the air port in the air attack broke out a large fire.
The sounds of powerful explosions were heard on the Eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital.
From the military command of Syria any statements is not followed.
Security sources in the region told Reuters that the purpose of the Israeli attack was the warehouse, which was carried out with the supply of weapons to the Lebanese grouping “Hezbollah”. According to him, through this warehouse is a significant amount of weapons, which Tehran regional ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, regularly sends through the air.
Video of the explosions, which, according to the description, occurred near the airport in Damascus, appeared in Twitter account IsraelBreaking.
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April 27, 2017, 02:20
The Israeli air force from time to time subjected to attack various targets in Syria. In Jerusalem say that the goal of such raids is to prevent the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah.
March 17 Israeli planes during the attack on targets in Syria were fired on by antiaircraft missiles. The Israeli defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has threatened to destroy Syrian air defense systems if they are used against aircraft.