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Israeli jets attack anti-aircraft site in Syrian territory

ISRAELI jets fired missiles into Syria yesterday after Damascus said its air defence forces drove off an incursion into its airspace.

Israeli armed forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus claimed its planes were on a routine patrol along the Lebanese border when the came under fire from Syrian surface-to-air missiles.

He said they were not hit but other jets then “incapacitated” a Syrian anti-aircraft battery. Russian forces were notified.

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