The Russian and Syrian military say Israeli war planes carried out missile strikes on a Syrian air base 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.
Syrian state TV initially said the US was suspected of carrying out a missile attack on the T-4 airfield near Homs, after harsh words by Trump over the reported chemical attack on Saturday in the town of Douma which killed dozens of people.
The US denied attacking the Syrian base.
The Russian military, whose forces are supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said two Israeli F-15 war planes had carried out the strikes on the Syrian T-4 air base early on Monday.
Israel had no immediate comment to the Syrian and Russian military charges.
Israel has struck Syrian army locations many times in the course of the conflict, hitting convoys and bases of Iranian-backed militias that fight alongside Assad’s forces.
Israel has accused Damascus of allowing Iran to set up a complex at the T-4 base to supply arms to its ally, Lebanon’s Shi’ite Hezbollah.
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[Editor:Readers are encouraged to complain about the photo chosen to illustrate this report as tweeted. The request has come from Simon Plosker, Managing Editor of Honest Reporting who has been interviewed on ‘The Israel Connexion‘ April 11th. The excerpt to do with this article can be heard by listening to this audio clip (thanks to J-AIR)]