'Fourteen dead' including Iranian fighters as 'Israeli jets' hit Syrian air base hours after Trump warned ' Assad' and Putin that there would be a 'price to pay' after gas attack killed dozens of children
Missile strikes on a Syrian air base have left 14 dead hours after Donald Trump warned 'animal' dictator Bashar al-Assad there would be a 'big price to pay' for a horrifying chemical attack that killed dozens of children
Missile strikes on a Syrian air base have left 14 dead hours after Donald Trump warned 'animal' dictator Bashar al-Assad there would be a 'big price to pay' for a horrifying chemical attack that killed dozens of children.
Russia has blamed Israel for the strike on the T-4 military base in Homs province, calling the raid a 'very dangerous development', but the country has refused to comment on its possible involvement.
Moscow said two Israeli F-15 fighters launched the attack while flying over neighbouring Lebanon, targeting the base with eight missiles - five of which were shot down. The aircraft did not enter Syrian airspace, it said, while local reports claimed the rockets crossed Lebanese airspace over Keserwan and Bekaa districts.
The US and France have both denied launching the attack, which is understood to have killed a number of Iranian fighters loyal to Assad.
It followed a suspected poison gas attack on Saturday on the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. At least 40 were killed while horrific images showed men, women and children gasping for air and foaming at the mouth and medics said survivors smelled strongly of chlorine.
Syria's state-run news agency SANA said this morning's airbase attack was 'Israeli aggression' having earlier pointed the finger at the US.
Israel has so far refused to comment but it carried out strikes against a Syrian government base in the country's centre in February, with war monitors identifying it at the time as T-4.
Video has emerged (pictured) on Twitter apparently showing missiles flying over Lebanon heading in the direction of Syria
The strike followed a suspected poison gas attack (pictured) on Saturday on the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus
Syria and Russia has blamed Israel for the strike on the T-4 military base (pictured) in Homs province, but the country has refused to comment on its possible involvement
Russia has blamed Israel for the strike on the T-4 military base in Homs province, calling the raid a 'very dangerous development', but the country has refused to comment on its possible involvement.
Moscow said two Israeli F-15 fighters launched the attack while flying over neighbouring Lebanon, targeting the base with eight missiles - five of which were shot down. The aircraft did not enter Syrian airspace, it said, while local reports claimed the rockets crossed Lebanese airspace over Keserwan and Bekaa districts.
The US and France have both denied launching the attack, which is understood to have killed a number of Iranian fighters loyal to Assad.
It followed a suspected poison gas attack on Saturday on the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. At least 40 were killed while horrific images showed men, women and children gasping for air and foaming at the mouth and medics said survivors smelled strongly of chlorine.
Syria's state-run news agency SANA said this morning's airbase attack was 'Israeli aggression' having earlier pointed the finger at the US.
Israel has so far refused to comment but it carried out strikes against a Syrian government base in the country's centre in February, with war monitors identifying it at the time as T-4.
Video has emerged (pictured) on Twitter apparently showing missiles flying over Lebanon heading in the direction of Syria
The strike followed a suspected poison gas attack (pictured) on Saturday on the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus
Syria and Russia has blamed Israel for the strike on the T-4 military base (pictured) in Homs province, but the country has refused to comment on its possible involvement
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