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Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report - BBC
« on: April 09, 2018, 02:10:56 am »
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43694588
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Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report

A military airport in Syria has come under missile attack, the country's state media has reported.

Its air defence system was activated, the reports said.

Syrian TV said loud explosions had been heard near the T4 airbase in the city of Homs in the early hours of Monday.

"Several missiles hit the Tayfur airport," Syria's state news agency SANA said. Details are still emerging and the reports have not been independently verified.
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Re: Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report - BBC
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2018, 02:27:53 am »
We're denying it was us ...

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But a senior US official has said there is no truth to reports that the US carried out strikes against government bases in Syria, Reuters news agency said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43694588

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Re: Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report - BBC
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2018, 02:29:58 am »
Okay, this narrows it down  *****rollingeyes*****

Early reports are the bombing of Syrian military airport believed to be either an American naval attack or Israeli air raid.

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Re: Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report - BBC
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2018, 02:33:59 am »
They have 6 airbases in Syria that retired General Jack Kean was saying on Fox News today, he seemed to be saying hitting all 6 of them was one possibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Keane

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Re: Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report - BBC
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2018, 02:49:19 am »
Syrian state media said they were suspected to be U.S. strikes but U.S. officials said that the U.S. military had not launched air strikes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-meast-crisis-syria-airfield/missiles-attack-air-base-in-homs-province-syrian-state-tv-idUSKBN1HG04Q
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BREAKING: Air Strikes On Syria Have Commenced
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2018, 05:31:19 pm »
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Reports have started to come in that air strikes on some of Bashar Al-Assad’s installations have commenced. ....

...Syrian state television is claiming an airbase in Homs is the first to be targeted. ....

https://www.redstate.com/grantgambling/2018/04/08/breaking-air-strikes-syria-commenced/



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Re: BREAKING: Air Strikes On Syria Have Commenced
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2018, 05:47:24 pm »
24-48 hours.   Looks like trump lied and Syrians are gonna die!
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