Four Israeli aircraft violated the air border of Syria, one of these machines was shot down by air defense forces. This is stated in the statement of the Syrian army, which leads Reuters.
According to the military, another aircraft was damaged. The incident occurred on Friday morning, March 17. Clarifies that the aim of the Israeli aircraft were the objects of the Syrian security forces in the area of Palmyra.
RIA Novosti with reference to the Tenth Israeli channel reported that the military fired anti-aircraft missile system of Soviet production, With 200. It was noted that the aircraft returned to base without loss, and at least one from the Syrian missiles were shot down by the Israeli missile. “Not at one stage the security of Israeli citizens or the aircraft was not under threat”, — stated in the Israel defense forces.
In September of last year in Damascus also reported that they managed to shoot down Israeli air force planes participating in the RAID on one of the positions of Syrian troops. Israel, in turn, denied these allegations.