The Russian Defense Ministry stated that most missiles launched by the Western states on Syria had been downed by the Arab Republic's air defenses while approaching their targets, stressing that Damascus repelled the Western attack with air defense systems made in the USSR over 30 years ago, Middle East News reported.
The US, the UK and France have fired more than 100 cruise and air-to-surface missiles at military and civilian targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday, noting that "Over 100 cruise and air-to-surface missiles have been fired at military and civilian targets in Syria by US, British and French planes and ships".
"Syria's means of air defense: S-125, S-200 air defense systems, [as well as] Buk and Kvadrat units were used in the repelling the missile strike," according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
"A few years ago, we refused to supply S-300 air defense systems to Syria due to the request of some of our Western partners. Taking into account what happened, we consider it possible to return to this issue. And not only with regard to Syria, but with regard to other states," the General Staff stated, adding that "Over the past 1.5 years, Russia has fully restored the air defense system of Syria and continues to improve it".
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- Army General Command:US, British and French aggression with 110 missiles on Syrian targets, air defense downs most of them
- Rusia: "Los sistemas antiaéreos sirios interceptaron 71 de los 103 misiles de crucero lanzados"
- La Syrie, qui a résisté pendant des années à «une agression terroriste», a été frappée par une opération militaire occidentale alors qu'elle avait «une chance d'avoir un avenir pacifique», a déploré le ministère russe des Affaires étrangères.
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The UK Parliament, not US President Donald Trump, should define British foreign policy, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said, criticizing Theresa May’s decision to join the US-led military intervention in Syria.
ReplyDeleteThe main question that the British PM hasn’t answered yet is how “this action” against Damascus “taken without parliamentary approval,” will halt the use of chemical weapons or bring “long term peace,” the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader wrote on Twitter. “UK foreign policy should be set by Parliament, not US President, (sic),” she stated.
According to Sturgeon, air strikes have not resolved the crisis situation in Syria so far. “Nothing I’ve heard persuades me they will do so now,” she said, calling for “an international strategy for peace,” not “a course that risks dangerous
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Syria strikes: MIssiles fired from French naval ship
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France joined the US and the UK targeting chemical weapons sites in the biggest military action against President Assad so far.
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RAF planes departed from their airbase in Akrotiri ahead of the strikes in Syria.
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Leader of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has criticized UK Prime Minister Theresa May for her decision to carry out missile strikes on Syria without first seeking parliamentary approval.
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ReplyDeleteSyrian government forces launched on Sunday an offensive to the north of the central province of Homs and south of neighboring Hama province, after proclaiming victory in the Eastern Ghouta district, in the outskirts of Damascus, according to the British NGO, Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR).
ReplyDeleteAccording to this source, the military operation is taking place along the road linking Homs to the neighboring town of Al Salamiya in Hama province.
Die USA haben mit hundert Raketen Syrien angegriffen – die Auswirkung dieses Angriffes blieben allerdings mehr als überschaubar. Nun hat das US-Unternehmen Digital Globe Satellitenbilder veröffentlicht, die die „Konsequenzen“ des US-Raketenangriffes für Syrien zeigen sollen. Zu sehen sind: drei zerstörte Gebäude.
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