Syria/Iraq update 1/20/2019..Syrian air defense are responding to hostile missiles south of Damascus

Syrian air defences are responding to hostile missiles south of Damascus

Israel bombs Iranian targets near Damascus as border tensions rocket

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-bombs-iranian-targets-near-damascus-as-tensions-rocket/

Israeli forces bombed targets belonging to Iran inside Syria early Monday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement, as tensions on the northern border continued to skyrocket. The IDF said at 1:30 a.m. it was “striking Iranian Quds targets in Syrian territory,” and warned Syrian forces not to intervene.

Syria’s state-run SANA news outlet claimed its air defenses had shot down a number of “hostile targets.”

Syrian Air Defense Forces Repel Israeli Airstrike On Damascus

https://southfront.org/syrian-air-defense-forces-repel-israeli-airstrike-on-damascus/

On January 20 noon, the Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) repelled an Israeli airstrike on positions south of the city of Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

“Our air defense systems effectively repelled an Israeli aerial aggression that targeted the southern region and prevented it from achieving its goals,” a military sources told the state run-news agency.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia revealed in an official statement that 4 Israeli F-16 warplanes launched 7 missiles at the Damascus international airport from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea. According to the statement, the SyAADF shot down the missiles with its Pantsir-S1 and Buk-m2e systems.

Iron Dome catches Syrian missile over Mt. Hermon

Syrian Army repels terrorist attack from US-Occupied Al-Tanf region

Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces kill, injure dozens of Daesh terrorists in Syria

‘I saw a huge fire,’ 12-yr-old hurt in Manbij blast recounts what happened

https://www.rt.com/news/449294-syria-strike-israel-iran/

Syrian air defense systems have repelled an attack in the skies over Damascus, state news agency SANA has reported. The Israeli army says it’s attacking “Iranian Quds” forces and warning the Syrian military not to retaliate.

In a brief statement on Twitter, the Israel Defense Forces warned the Syrian army “against attempting to harm Israeli forces or territory.”