Asharq al-Awsat:
Syrian pro-regime news outlets said Thursday that the Dabba airport near the city of Homs came under attack but missiles were intercepted by air defense systems before reaching their target.
“One of our military airports in the central region was exposed to a hostile missile attack, and our air defense systems confronted the attack and prevented it from achieving its aim,” state news agency SANA said.
The agency had reported earlier that sounds of explosions were heard near the airport.
The attack on Dabba came hours after regime forces and their Iranian and Iraqi militia allies came under a missile attack, which killed at least 12 militants.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said none of the fatalities were Syrian nationals but foreign fighters.
Syrian regime forces said the International Coalition struck the army positions, something the US denied later.
