Syrian Anti-Aircraft Missile Units Down 2 Israeli Aircraft

Rasa - The General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces announced minutes ago that the county's air-defense units deployed in the Southwest of the country have shot down two Israeli aircraft in Quneitra province on Tuesday.

News ID: 423495

Date: 13 September 2016 - 16:25

RNA - "An Israeli aircraft, which had violated the airspace of the Southwestern parts of Quneitra province, was traced and shot downed by the anti-aircraft missiles of the Syrian Army in the early hours of this morning," the country's General Staff said in statement.

No further detail has been released on the type of the aircraft yet.

"Meanwhile, an Israeli spy drone was also targeted by the Syrian army fire on the Western side of Sa'asa' near the Golan Heights," the statement added.

The Israeli military aircraft had violated Syrian territories to back the terrorist groups' offensives on the government forces' positions near Golan Heights in Quneitra.

Israeli military sources have not confirmed the news yet.

Also on Sunday, several Israeli ambulances entered Syria's Southern province of Quneitra and transferred those terrorists injured in clashes with Syrian Army troops to their hospitals in the occupied part of the Golan Heights.

"First, Israeli warplanes bombed Syrian government's positions near Quneitra to back the terrorists of Fatah al-Sham (the newly-formed al-Qaeda-linked terrorists group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) who had attacked the Syrian army positions to prevail over the government's position," the Arabic service of RT reported.

"After Fatah al-Sham's attacks were repelled by the Syrian soldiers, seven Israeli ambulances entered the battlefield and transferred a number of wounded terrorists to Israeli hospitals in the occupied Golan Heights," RT added.

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