Syrian media say air defenses responded to ‘hostile’ missile
Syria’s state-run media say the country’s air
defenses have responded to a “hostile target” and destroyed the missile before
it reached a central Syrian town.
The SANA news agency said on Friday that the projectile
had entered the Syrian airspace overnight from Lebanon’s airspace, heading
toward the town of Masyaf in Hama province.
The report suggested, without saying outright, that
the missile was fired by Israel. SANA says the incoming projectile was destroyed
before it reached its target.
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
Israel has carried out strikes in the past inside
war-torn Syria on Iran- and Hezbollah-linked targets but rarely confirms them.
Syrian military posts in Masyaf were previously hit
in suspected Israelis strikes.
Russia has upgraded Syrian air defense systems,
delivering the S-300 system last year.
