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Syrian air defenses have thwarted another Israeli act of aggression against the war-ravaged Arab country, and shot down a number of “hostile” missiles in the skies over the strategic northwestern province of Aleppo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Syria’s state-run television, citing a military statement, reported that Israeli aircraft fired several missiles at areas in the vicinity of Aleppo at 1:30 a.m. local time on Friday (2230 GMT Thursday), but most of the projectiles were intercepted and destroyed before hitting any of their targets.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The statement said that the attack targeted al-Safirah town, located 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of Aleppo city.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Late on September 2, Syrian air defense systems engaged hostile targets near the Tiyas Military Airbase, also known as the T-4 Airbase, in the country’s central province of Homs.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that Israeli warplanes fired missiles from the direction of al-Tanf region in southeastern Syria.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The report, quoting an unnamed Syrian military source, added that most of the missiles were shot down and the rest caused only material damage.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The development came only two days after two Syrian soldiers lost their lives and seven others sustained injuries in an Israeli missile attack against military sites in southern Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The assault was reported to have been launched from the occupied Golan Heights.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Meanwhile, Lebanese military forces also have intercepted and targeted an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle as it was on a reconnaissance mission in the skies over the southern part of the country, only about two weeks after Hezbollah resistance fighters shot down an Israeli aircraft in a similar incident.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“At around 17:10 p.m. local time (1410 GMT), a drone belonging to the Israeli enemy penetrated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Ayta al-Sha’b,” Lebanon’s official National News Agency cited a statement released by Lebanon’s army on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

It added, “The drone was shot down by members of one of the army posts 200 meters away from the Blue Line,” which separates Lebanon from the Israeli-occupied territories.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Israel’s military, meanwhile, alleged that one of its drones had fallen inside Lebanon during “operational activity” along the frontier.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

On August 23, the Hezbollah resistance movement said in a statement that it had shot down an Israeli drone near the border town of Ayta al-Sha’b, and was in possession of the aircraft.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-09-11 04:22:55","content_date_finish":"2020-09-11 04:22:55","content_date_register":"2020-09-11 04:24:02","content_date_last_edit":"2020-09-11 04:24:02","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"4190814940","attach_date_register":"2020-09-11 04:23:58","attach_id":"477917","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1000","attach_img_height":"563","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"215","visit_date_last":"2025-05-11 00:00:54","attach_title":"Israeli drone shut down","node_title":"news,Top news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":143, \"left\":47, \"right\":48}]"}]]