(Damascus) Last night at around 2300hrs hours somebody decided to launch a missile attack on the Syrian city of Latakia.
Whilst the Syrian defence force issued their usual proclamation, that the attack had been muted by their air defence system, places in the city did spontaneously combust.
data-lang="en-gb">Also the Syrians never got round to mentioning that they also managed to shoot down a plane. something they do every-time there is a missile attack. The problem here is, the plane they shot down was a Russian Il-20 (Nato code name: Coot) a strategic electronic intelligence and radar reconnaissance aircraft.
This was the scene in #Lattakia, #Syria after a suspected Israeli missile strike this evening pic.twitter.com/rYkugsKgcx— Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) 17 September 2018
Initially the Russians blamed the French:
But this has been denied by the French , and now the Russians have blamed the Israelis for the loss of their plane.
data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en-gb">The thing I can't understand is how a Russian Jet flying over Syria was taken down by a Syrian S200 missile, I mean what is Identification friend or foe (IFF) for?
Russian #Il20 downed by Syrian air defense forces - MoD https://t.co/TYVbpX5t5V pic.twitter.com/zwhMbIo0Gw— RT (@RT_com) 18 September 2018
