Missile strike on the suburbs of Damascus

A spokesman of the of Yemeni rebel movement ’Ansar Allah’ brigadier-general Yahya Saria, reported about an attack on the Saudi ’Aramco’ facility, in Jeddah. The ’Al Masirah’ TV quoted his words. Yahya Saria stated that the strike on the target was precise. On Tuesday, Yahya Saria announced that the ’Ansar Allah’ rebel movement attacked the international airport of the Saudi city of Abha. According to him, the target of the attack were the hangars with combat aircraft. The Arabian coalition, led by Riyadh, reported that the air defense forces had intercepted and destroyed an incoming drone with a bomb, launched by the rebels in the south of the country.

The deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear-Admiral Alexander Karpov, reported that about 150 people went to a rally for the withdrawal of pro-Turkish groups, and the return of the territories under the control of Damascus. The rally took place in the village of Al-Bab, in the Syrian province of Aleppo. The rally was violently suppressed by the terrorists. 5 local residents were injured. Alexander Karpov noted that in the territory, controlled by the Turkish armed forces, there is an increase in protests of the locals against the crimes of the illegal armed groups. Alexander Karpov added that «the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties calls on the commanders of the illegal armed groups to abandon their provocations, and take the path of a peaceful settlement of the situation in the areas under their control»

The ’’Sky News Arabia’’ reported while citing the Iraqi security forces that the Iraqi military base ’Ain al-Assad’ came under a rocket fire. 10 rockets fell near the base of the international coalition forces. Nobody was hurt as a result of the attack. The attack was carried out from a settlement between the cities of Hit and Al-Baghdadiyah. The Iraqi military found a rocket launcher, used for the attack. The attacked base is located in the Anbar province, 110 km west of Baghdad. It is one of the largest military bases that hosts the US troops in Iraq.

The newspaper «Politico» reported that the USA believe that the group ’Kataib Hezbollah’ was involved in the attack on the Iraqi ’Ain al-Assad’ base, used by the US military. The «Politico» cited two military sources. «The US and Iraqi authorities believe that the pro-Iranian group is responsible for the attack on the Iraqi base ’Ain al-Assad’, where some American troops are stationed. The investigation is still on-going, but the authorities believe that the ’Kataib Hezbollah’, or a group associated with ’Kataib Hezbollah’, is involved in the attack»- the report stated.

The ’France-Presse’ reported while citing their sources that on Monday the ISIS Islamists attacked a UN base in the city of Dikva, in the state of Borno, in north-east of Nigeria. It was reported that the terrorists set the base on fire. 25 UN personnel took refuge in a bunker. It was noted that none of the UN staff were injured.

The Syrian news agency ’SANA’ reported that the Syrian air defenses opened fire on the air targets above Damascus, and hit most of the incoming missiles. It was noted that the air strikes were carried out by the Israeli air force from the Golan Heights. The Saudi TV channel «Al Hadath» reported that the Israeli Air Force attacked the Damascus suburb of Seyid-Zeinab, located on the way to the local international airport. There were reports about huge explosions in Seyid-Zeynab, near the HQ and a camp of the Shiia group ’Hezbollah’ that fights on the Syrian side. There were no reports about their casualties or material damage. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.