Syria claims it shot down Israeli drone over Damascus
The national news agency SANA reported that Syrian armed forces spotted two hostile air targets just west of the country’s capital of Damascus and shot them down. SANA did not say to whom the aircraft belonged.
Meanwhile, RIA Novosti reported, citing a Syrian field commander, that targets were Israeli reconnaissance drones. He confirmed that the drones were shot down by Syrian Air Defense Forces.
Al Masdar news agency reports, with a reference to a source within the Syrian army, that the Syrian military were not able to specifically identify to whom the drones belong. However, judging by their flight trajectory they came from Israeli territory. A response from Israel has not yet been issued.
On July 23 media reported that two Soviet made “Tochka” tactical ballistic missiles were launched at Israel from Syria. They did not reach their targets; however, the Israeli military claims that their David’s Sling missile defense system was not able to shoot them down.
On that same day SANA cited a source, which reported that the Israeli Air Force launched a strike on a military target in the city of Masyaf in western Syria.