Israeli Air Force Conducts Airstrike East of Damascus
Category: Conflict
Severity: 4 (High)
Source: Drum Cussac
10/16/2017 (Syria) - Media reports indicate that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted airstrikes on targets in the east of Damascus, Monday, 16 October, after a Surface to Air Missile (SAM) site fired at a IAF fighter. The airstrikes reportedly targeted Syrian army positions believed to be the source of the SAM site. Although Israel has not become directly involved in Syria's civil war, it has conducted retaliatory airstrikes following incidents of conflict-spill over, although it is believed to be significant development
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