The ministry, which did not specify which flights had been threatened, added that Syrian air defenses had destroyed 14 of 16 Israeli missiles launched against unspecified targets near Damascus on Tuesday. Three Syrian soldiers were injured in the strikes, Syrian state media reported. The Israeli military declined to comment on the reported missile strikes and the Russian allegations. Addressing a graduation ceremony for new pilots at an Israeli air force base on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no direct reference to specific attacks or Moscow’s criticism. But he reiterated Israel’s intention to prevent “Iranian military entrenchment, which is directed against us” in Syria.

Source: bd News24 December 26, 2018 14:48 UTC