The Russian Defense Ministry said that a missile attack on the airfield of the Syrian air force in the province of Homs caused two Israeli fighters F-15. According to the department, they attacked the base from the territory of Lebanon on April 9.

The subdivisions of the Syrian air defense have destroyed five guided missiles. Three more missiles have reached their goal. The Russian military advisers did not suffer as a result of the air raid.

Israel has not yet commented on the report of the Russian defense department, the Israeli embassy in Moscow also declined to comment, RIA Novosti reported.

The United States and France rejected their involvement in the air strike on the Syrian military base T-4, which is attended by Russian and Iranian advisers.

In February 2018, Israeli aircraft already fired at this airfield. Then representatives of the Jewish state explained their actions by launching from the Syrian base of an unmanned aircraft of Iranian production, which penetrated into the airspace of Israel.

The official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Gasemi, in turn, said that the air attack on the airfield of the Syrian Air Force on the night of April 9 was inflicted by the Israeli military in order to divert public attention from the tragedy in the Gaza Strip.

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