© FNAThe Syrian Army announced that its Air Defense units have responded to an Israeli aerial violation of the country’s airspace in the vicinity of the Lebanese border, hitting an intruding warplane and forcing the fighter jets to retreat
An anti-aircraft battery of the Syrian army, located some 50 kilometers from the capital Damascus, then "responded and directly hit one of the jets, forcing (the enemy0 to flee," the statement further read, adding that the Israeli jets returned fire at 11:38 a.m. local time by firing multiple missiles from inside the occupied territories that hit a Syrian army position in the countryside of the capital, resulting in material damage.
The army further threatened Israel with "dangerous repercussions" for the airstrikes and its repeated aerial aggression attempts, stressing Syria's determination to continue its war against the terrorist groups, "Israel's army in the region."
The Israeli military, for its part, issued a statement later in the day, saying that the fleet in fact consisted of Israeli reconnaissance planes, which "were in the skies over Lebanon, and not in Syria." It added that neither of the Israeli warplanes sustained damage in the process and returned home "safely."
During the past few years, Israel has frequently attacked military targets in Syria in what is considered as an attempt to prop up terrorist groups that have been suffering heavy defeats in their fight against Syrian government forces.
Back in April 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially admitted for the first time that the regime's military had conducted strikes in Syrian territory.
Damascus says Israel and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups operating inside the Arab country, while the Tel Aviv regime's military carries out such sporadic strikes against Syrian government forces. The Israeli regime has even set up field hospitals to treat wounded militants evacuated from Syria.
Moreover, the Syrian army has repeatedly seized huge quantities of Israeli-made weapons and advanced military equipment from the foreign-backed militants inside Syria.
Americans are forced to eat the non stop propaganda delivered by the shovel full thanks to American MSM. It goes something like this
- Israel is the good guy even though there are more than 85 UN resolutions against Israel, Israel is a nuclear state and blackmails the rest of the world with the Samson option, refuses to sign the non proliferation treaty and will not allow IAEA inspectors into Israel.
- Russia is hostile and aggressive and attacks and slaughters Israeli and US assets (ISIS).
- Iran is dangerous even though it has not invaded anyone in 300 years.
- N. Korea has not attacked anyone in decades yet remains extremely aggressive. Imagine if Russia or N. Korea held military exercises . What would be the US response? It is rational though to project US military power off the coast of S. and N. Korea.
In Orwellian double speak Iran, N. Korea and Syria are dangerous regimes and threatens world peace and stability and deserve sanctions as a minimum.
Israel and the US are peacekeepers who defend planetary freedom and defend humanitarian rights everywhere outside of Palestine and Saudi Arabia.. Other Arab nations are evil for not taking in Palestinian refugees who are murdered or ejected from their homeland by immigrating Jews from Brooklyn and other locals. Let us never forget the holocaust.