Syrian Air Defences Shot Down a Israeli Warplane and Hit Another

Syrian Air Defences encountered 4 attacking Israeli Warplanes  and shot down a warplane inside the occupied territories and hit another warplane while the other 2 warplanes were able to run away, according to a statement by the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces.


The General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces added in its statement that the enemy warplanes penetrated to  Al-Brij region from the Lebanese territories at 2:40 a.m.  and targeted a military post in the direction of Palmyra in the Eastern part of Homs Countryside.

The Israeli flagrant aggression came in a bid as to raise the morals of ISIS terrorists   and in a futile bid as to blur the Syrian Arab Army victories against the terrorist organization,  the statement pointed out.

The General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces reiterated determination to encounter and respond any Zionist enemy attack on any part of he Syrian territories.
  [syriatimes.sy]
17/3/17
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