Syria accuses Israel of missile strikes on military base in Damascus (w/Updates)

[TomSea]

Syria accuses Israel of missile strikes on military base in Damascus
By REUTERS
September 2, 2018 01:39


BEIRUT - Blasts heard at the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus were caused by missile strikes targeting the base and by Syrian air defense systems responding, an official in the regional alliance supporting Damascus said on Sunday.

A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the explosions resulted from Israeli air strikes, and that they caused deaths and injuries.

Read more at: https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Syria-accuses-Israel-of-missile-strikes-on-military-base-in-Damascus-566292

Some pictures are out there, big fireballs. Of course, Israel probably targets these as to being cautious about Iranian forces in Syria.

[TomSea]

The (Syrian) state media cited a military source as saying there was no “Israeli aggression” directed at the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus, after the sound of explosions was heard across the Syrian capital.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-strikes/loud-blasts-heard-at-syrian-air-base-cause-disputed-idUSKCN1LH3VX

[TomSea]

Some special Saturday meeting occurred with our diplomats over there in Tel Aviv about the situation in Syria:

https://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=566294

Israeli Minister of Defense meets with American emissaries about Syria
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
09/02/2018   
The head of the Defense Ministry's diplomatic-security wing, Zohar Palti, met US Ambassador James Jeffrey and Joel Rayburn on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv about Syria, according to a spokesperson from the Defense Minister's office.

Sounds like a situation to watch.  Somewhat serious.

Above is the print article, I get so many popups going to that website. Also breaking news. Maybe I should go to their twitter account instead.

Sounds like the Syrian Human Rights Observatory is one of the original sources on this:

http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=101541 also on twitter, images I saw look something like this.





https://twitter.com/TheArabSource

Al-Masdar News
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@TheArabSource
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Breaking: Syrian Army says massive explosions at #Mezzeh Airbase were result of electrical fault, no airstrikes https://aml.ink/lgIiU  #Damascus #Syria

So who knows? We will sort this out. Electrical fault does sound a bit dubious.

[TomSea]

https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Syria-says-Israeli-planes-target-military-positions-in-Syria-566492?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Syria says Israeli planes targetting military positions in Israel... will just call this an update.