Syria Says Air Defense Thwarts Missile Attack Coming From Direction of Lebanon

August 16, 2019

Haaretz:

Syrian air defenses identified a missile that was fired towards the city of Masyaf near Hama late on Thursday and destroyed it before it hit its target, a Syrian military source said.

Several attacks, some of which attributed to Israel, have been reported in the past in this part of Syria, which has some Iranian military bases and a missile development facility.

The missile was fired from the direction of northern Lebanon, the military source added in a statement distributed on a messaging app.

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