BREAKING: ISRAEL LAUNCHES MISSILES TOWARD DAMASCUS, SYRIA -- UPDATE: RUSSIA LAUNCHES FIGHTER JETS TO PROTECT SYRIA

From RT

Syrian air defenses repel 

‘Israeli aggression’ over 

Damascus, intercept most of 

the missiles - state media

https://www.rt.com/news/516832-syria-israel-missile-attack/

Syrian air defences have shot down most of the missiles targeting the area outside Damascus from the territory of the occupied Golan Heights, the country’s state media reported, blaming Israel for the attack.

The missiles were launched towards the Syrian capital at around 10.16 pm local time, Syria’s SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. Few of the projectiles are believed to have reached the ground. The source said that the country’s missile defences took down “most of the enemy missiles.”

The agency has published several videos showing intercepts in the night skies over Damascus.

Israel routinely hits Syrian territory at the pretext of striking “Iranian targets” there. As a rule, Tel Aviv does not comment on its cross-border raids into Syria, deeming it part of its effort to deter Iran from gaining a foothold in the war-ravaged country.

The fresh bombing raid comes on the heels of the US airstrikes that purportedly demolished several facilities on the Syrian-Iraqi border that the Pentagon claimed were used by Iranian-backed militias.

The airstrikes, spun by the US military as “defensive”, became the first of its kind under the Joe Biden administration, which said the attack was in retaliation to rocket attacks on US and coalition troops in Iraq.

The Pentagon argued that the bombing was aimed at “de-escalation” of tension in Syria and Iraq, but drew stark condemnation from both Damascus and Tehran, arguing that the raid only inflamed the volatile situation. Iran argued that the US airstrikes would come handy to terrorists, accusing Washington of seeking to “revive” the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist group. Syria denounced the strikes as “cowardly aggression,” noting that the new US administration showed its disregard for the efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict, as the bombing coincided with the visit of the UN Special Envoy for Syria to the country.

Hal Turner

ISRAEL LAUNCHES MISSILES TOWARD DAMASCUS, SYRIA -- UPDATE: RUSSIA LAUNCHES FIGHTER JETS TO PROTECT SYRIA

Hal Turner,

28 February, 2021

As of 3:50 PM, numerous reports are coming in of Israeli missiles striking Syria in the area of Damascus.

Syrian air defenses are engaging inbound missiles.

This is a developing situation . . . check back.

UPDATE 3:52 PM EST --

Intel sources from my years working with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force confirm to me directly that Israel is striking IRANIAN targets inside Syria as retaliation for what they say were Iran naval missiles which hit an Israeli ship in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.

*****BULLETIN*****

UPDATE 3:55 PM EST --

Russia is launching fighter jets from its bases inside Syria and those jets are moving toward Israel and Lebanon.   Intel sources say the Russians "Warned Israel not to start attacking" and now that Israel has ignored the warning, Russian fighter jets are heading toward the air space from which Israeli jets are firing missiles.

It is not yet known if the Russian jets will engage the Israeli jets, but this could be "it."

 

UPDATE 4:04 PM EST --

Confirmation has been received that Russian planes took off from Hmeymin air base against Israel

 

UPDATE 4:19 PM EST --

Israeli media is reporting the strikes this evening were not the usual (war between wars) Syrian strikes, but rather a decision was reached to strike Iranian targets in response to the attack in the Gulf of Oman.

 

UPDATE 4:22 PM EST --

Israeli jets over Lebanon high-tailed it back into Israel when Russian fighter jets went airborne.

 

UPDATE 4:32 PM EST --

Iranian source now reporting Israel targeting military sites in the vicinity of Sayyida Zainab in the Damascus countryside.

Al-Masdar news

Video footage of Syrian air defenses confronting Israeli missiles

al-Masdar News,

28 February, 2021

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 A.M.) – Last night, the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles toward the southern region of Syria, prompting the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to activate their air defenses in the Damascus and Al-Sweida regions.

According to reports from Damascus, the Syrian air defenses were activated after several missiles were fired by the Israeli Air Force from the occupied Golan Heights at approximately 10:30 P.M. (local time) last night.

The reports said the Syrian air defenses were able to intercept some of the Israeli missiles; however, a number of them still managed to hit their intended targets along the administrative border of the Al-Sweida and Damascus governorates.

The Syrian Arab Army has not revealed the total number of casualties as of yet; however, early reports from Damascus indicate heavy damage to the targeted sites.

Israel’s attack on southern Syria last night comes just a few weeks after they launched a powerful assault on the eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor near the Iraqi border.

This aforementioned attack on Deir Ezzor and the border-city of Albukamal caused significant damage to several buildings in these areas, along with the death of a number of servicemen from the National Defense Forces (NDF).