Syrian anti-aircraft defences shot down missiles that hit the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late Monday night (Tuesday morning NZT), Syrian state television said.
This photo from April 14 shows an explosion on the outskirts of Damascus after Western strikes reportedly hit Syrian military bases. Photo: AFP / HO / SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL MILITARY MEDIA
State television showed pictures of a missile that was shot in the air above the air base only days after a US, British and French attack on Syrian targets in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack on the city of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus
A Pentagon spokesman said there was no US military activity in that area at this time.
Video purportedly showing jets in the sky, air defenses firing. pic.twitter.com/L1KucjvH8p
— Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) April 16, 2018
Shayrat airbase was targeted last year in a US cruise missile attack in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 people, including children on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
Israel has struck Syrian army locations many times in the course of the conflict, hitting convoys and bases of Iranian-backed militias that fight alongside Syrian President Bashar al Assad's forces.
Asked about the missile attack, an Israeli military spokesman said, "We don't comment on such reports."
So a suspected Israeli attack on Shayrat airbase in #Homs, air defenses were firing at sky in #Damascus & Homs as well.
— Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) April 16, 2018
