Syria shoots down an Israeli Army drone near the city of Homs

MADRID 14 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Syrian air defense forces shot down an Israeli Army drone this Thursday around the city of Homs (center), according to state media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, amid the increase in Israeli bombings against objectives in Syrian territory.

According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the air defense forces have shot down a “hostile target” in Homs, after which the Observatory, based in London and informants in the Arab country, has indicated that the Syrian troops have managed to shoot down a reconnaissance drone near Auras.

Subsequently, SANA has reported on some explosions of unspecified origin in the surroundings of the capital, Damascus, without any details as to whether they are bombings or the firing of anti-aircraft defense systems in the area.

These incidents take place a day after at least 15 people, including several members of the security forces, were injured in an Israeli attack on the surroundings of the city of Qusair, near the border with Lebanon.

Israel recognizes attacks in Syria, arguing that it is acting to prevent the establishment of Iranian bases in the country and the sending of weapons to the Lebanese Shiite party-militia Hezbollah by the Iranian authorities, which support Damascus in the context of the war that broke out. in 2011.

In recent weeks, it has carried out several air attacks on Syrian territory, arguing that it is acting to prevent the delivery of weapons to Hezbollah from Syria, in the midst of the invasion of Lebanon – unleashed on October 1 – and in the context of the fighting that has broken out. more than a year ago with the Lebanese group.