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Israeli airstrike hits military airport near Damascus
Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:20PM
Smoke billows from the Syrian Mezzeh Military Airport near the capital Damascus following an Israeli airstrike on January 13, 2017. (Via Twitter)
A huge explosion has rocked a Syrian Air Force installation southwest of the capital Damascus, after Israeli military aircraft carried out an airstrike on a designated target at the site.
The aerial attack struck the Mezzeh Military Airport, less than eight kilometers southwest of Damascus, early on Friday, and caused a large fire but no casualties.
Eight loud explosions were heard after the Israeli airstrike that reportedly targeted an arms depot at the military installation.
The development came more than a month after the Israeli military fired missiles from within the occupied Palestinian territory at the same Syrian army airbase outside Damascus.
“At 3:00 a.m., the Israeli enemy fired several surface-to-surface missiles from inside occupied territory,” Syria’s official news agency SANA reported in December, citing a military source. The report said the Israeli missiles set off a blaze at the targeted site.
The Syrian military source called the missile attack against the Mezzeh airbase part of “desperate attempts by the Israeli enemy to support terrorist groups and raise their low morale.”
The Mazzeh airbase reportedly hosts the headquarters of the Air Force Intelligence Directorate.
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http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/01/12/505961/Israeli-airstrike-Mezzeh-airbase-Damascus