Syrian Air Defence intercept Israeli missiles over Damascus last night

Syrian Ministry of Defense || Military source: Around 23:03 this evening, the #Israeli enemy carried out air aggression with missiles from the southeast of Beirut, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus and the vicinity of Homs.  

As usual, the Israeli warplanes took advantage of the civil aviation movement to carry out their treacherous strike, and while there are reports about a Lebanese civil plane that barely escaped the missiles, other reports said that a Middle East Airlines flight was warned to hold over the Mediterranean due to the hostile air raids on Syria.  

Damascus, Homs and Qalamoun were targeted. Some missiles hit target but the majority were intercepted. The ground was shaking in much of Damascus.    

Acting Director General of Civil Aviation Fadi Al-Hassan:  The control towers in Syria and Cyprus asked the two planes to change their course due to the Israeli attack. They then returned back to course and landed normally at Beirut Airport. 

Israel used two civilian airliners carrying hundreds of passengers as human shields to camouflage their warplanes during the attack and delay the response of the Syrian Air Defence. Any mistake or miscalculated actions by Syria, could have led to a massacre. The Syrian Air Defence did a superb job avoiding civilian human shields and intercepting the Israeli missiles fired from warplanes violating Lebanese airspace.

Many believe this Israeli attack is in response to Sayed Nasrallah's speech during which the leader of Hezbollah threatened retaliation if any of the Iranian oil tankers bringing supplies to Lebanon were attacked by Israel or the US. 

On a personal note, the ground in my area of Damascus was shaking and the sound of incoming missiles and interception was directly overhead, the dogs were not impressed :-) and all piled onto the bed. 

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