{"id":29708,"date":"2017-01-13T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=29708"},"modified":"2017-01-13T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:26:10","slug":"syria-accuses-israel-of-strikes-near-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=29708","title":{"rendered":"Syria accuses Israel of strikes near capital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A general view shows flames and smoke at the Mezzah military airport on the southwestern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus following an explosion early yesterday. AFP photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

AP from Beirut: Syria yesterday accused Israel of firing rockets that hit near a major military airport west of Damascus, triggering a fire, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions without specifying whether it would retaliate for the attack, the third such incident recently according to the Syrian government, reports AP from Beirut.<\/p>\n

In a statement carried on the official news agency SANA, the military said several missiles were launched just after midnight from an area near Lake Tiberias that fell in the vicinity of the Mezzeh military airport on the western edge of the capital. It did not say whether there were any casualties.<\/p>\n

Residents of Damascus reported hearing several explosions that shook the capital. The Mezzeh airport compound located on the southwestern edge of the capital had been used to launch attacks on rebel-held areas near Damascus and has come previously under rebel fire. The Syrian army statement said Israel through its attacks was assisting \u201cterrorist groups\u201d fighting the Syrian government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Syrian army command and armed forces warn the Israeli enemy of the repercussions of this blatant attack and stresses it will continue its war on terrorism,\u201d the army statement said. It was the third such Israeli strike into Syria recently, according to the Syrian government.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 7, the Syrian government reported Israel fired surface-to-surface missiles that also struck near Mezzeh airport. A week earlier, SANA said Israeli jets fired two missiles from Lebanese airspace toward the outskirts of Damascus, in the Sabboura area.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military has declined to comment on those incidents, and there was no immediate comment on Friday\u2019s reported attack. But Israel is widely believed to have carried out a number of airstrikes in Syria in the past few years that have targeted advanced weapons systems, including Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles and Iranian-made missiles, as well as positions of the Lebanese Hezbollah group in Syria.<\/p>\n

The Shiite group has sent thousands of its fighters to Syria to support President Bashar Assad\u2019s forces in the country\u2019s civil war, now in its sixth year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AP from Beirut: Syria yesterday accused Israel of firing rockets that hit near a major military airport west of Damascus, triggering a fire, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions without specifying whether it would retaliate for the attack, the third such incident recently according to the Syrian government, reports AP from Beirut. In a statement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n