Alwaght- Syrian air defenses have shot down approximately one third of the missiles fired at the capital, Damascus, by the US, the UK and France in a joint act of aggression.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the US, the UK and France fired more than 100 cruise missiles at Syria, a significant number of which were intercepted by Syrian air defenses.
“More than 100 cruise missiles and air-to-land missiles were fired by the US, Britain and France from the sea and air at Syrian military and civilian targets,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry also said the Russian missile defense systems deployed to Syria were not involved in intercepting the missiles.
The statement noted the US-led missile strike has been thwarted by Syria’s S-125, S-200, Buk and Kvadrat air defense systems manufactured in the USSR.
"Syrian air defense systems S-125, S-200, Buk and Kvadrat were involved in the operation to thwart the missile strike. These air defense systems were manufactured in the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago," the ministry said.
Earlier, the ministry issued a statement saying that none of the missiles launched by the US and its allies reached the Russian air defense zones that shield facilities in the port city of Tartus and Khmeimim Air Base.
Syrian military sources say the aggression targeted the Research Center in Barzeh and warehouses for the Syrian Arab army in Homs where the air defense intercepted several missiles and downed them.
The sources added that the missiles that targeted a military site in Homs have been intercepted to change their track and cause the injury of three civilians.
