DevelopingSyria and Russia accuse Israel of missile strike on airbase after Donald Trump warned of ‘big price’ for deadly chemical attack on civilians
Syrian state media, citing a military source, said on Monday that Israeli F-15 warplanes had conducted the overnight missile attack on a major airbase in central Syria
The Russian and Syrian military on Monday said Israeli warplanes carried out missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, hours after US President Donald Trump warned of a “big price to pay” following reports of a poison gas attack on a rebel-held town.
The United States denied attacking the Syrian base, and France also said its forces had not carried it out.
The Russian military, whose forces are supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said two Israeli F-15 warplanes had carried out the strikes on the Syrian T-4 airbase, the Interfax news agency reported.
Interfax cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying the Israeli warplanes had carried out the strikes from Lebanese air space, and that Syrian air defence systems had shot down five of eight missiles fired.
Syrian state media, citing a military source, then carried a similar report. “The Israeli aggression on the T4 airport was carried out with F-15 planes that fired several missiles from above Lebanese land,” state news agency SANA said.