Russian Military Provides List Of Targets, Details Of ‘repelled’ Us-led Strike

The Russian Defense Ministry says that the Syrian Air Defense Forces shot down 71 of 103 missiles launched by the US, the UK and France last night.

According to the Russian Defense Minisry, the US and its allies fired cruise missiles, including seaborne Tomahawks and GBU-38 guided bombs from B-1B planes while F-15 and F-16 fighter jets launched air-to-surface missiles. The UK Air Force’s Tornado aircraft fired eight Scalp EG air-launched cruise missiles.

The US-led strike was aimed at the following targets:

• Four missiles were launched at the area of the Damascus International Airport. All these missiles were intercepted.
• 12 missiles were launched at the Al-Dumayr Military Airport. All these missiles were intercepted.
• 18 missiles were launched  at the Baly Military Airport. All these missiles were intercepted.
• 12 missiles were launched at the Shayarat Military Airport. All these missiles were intercepted.
• 9 missiles were launched  at the Mezzeh Military Airport. Five of them were intercepted.
• 16 missiles were launched at the Homs Military Airport. 13 of them were intercepted.
• 30 missiles were launched at targets in the areas of Barzah and Jaramani. Seven missiles were intercepted.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the facilities in the areas of Barzah and Jaramani were partly destroyed. The military added that these facilities had been for a long time abandoned and had not been invovled in the production of chemical weapons in contrary to the claims of the US-led coalition.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump continued his “smart missiles” story and described the last night strike as “perfectly executed”.

A video from the Mezzeh military airbase: