{"id":239280,"date":"2021-07-23T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=239280"},"modified":"2021-07-25T07:02:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T07:02:40","slug":"syria-russian-air-defence-downs-israeli-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=239280","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Russian air defence downs Israeli missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Middle East Monitor \u2013 July 23, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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A Russian-made Buk air defence system.<\/p><\/div>\n

Four missiles fired by Israeli warplanes in Syria’s Homs province early on Thursday were shot down by the Syrian army using Russian-made “Buk” air defence systems, RT<\/em> has reported. According to the report, two Israeli F-16 jets fired the guided missiles from Lebanese airspace.<\/p>\n

This follows the shooting down of seven out of eight missiles launched by Israeli warplanes during a raid that targeted the Syrian province of Aleppo on Tuesday (see link below). The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that its monitors on the ground in Syria reported that the Israeli strikes targeted weapons depots that belong to an Iranian-backed militia operating in Aleppo.<\/p>\n

Russia has been involved in Syria since 2015 by supporting President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime militarily and diplomatically. The civil war erupted in 2011 after the regime used violence in response to peaceful protests for political change.<\/p>\n

The latest estimate of the total number of people killed in Syria since 2011, said the SOHR, varies between just under half a million and 606,000. Millions more have been displaced.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Syrian air defences intercept Israeli attack over Aleppo – state media<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n