Syrian air defenses intercept missiles near Homs
Tehran (KNA) - Syrian air defense systems have repelled a missile attack on an airport near the western city of Homs, less than a day after US-led coalition jets targeted several Syrian military positions in the country's eastern Dayr al-Zawr province.
"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," Syria's official news agency, SANA, reported on Thursday night.
The news agency had earlier said that sounds of explosions were heard near Dabaa airport, which lies about 20 kilometers southwest of Homs near the Lebanese border.
There have been no immediate reports of possible casualties, but Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "six missiles" had targeted the Syrian military airport, which it said stationed fighters from popular defense groups allied with government forces.
Source:PressTV