C'est une de ces armes qui a détruit un vol civil en Ukraine cet été
octobre 2014
Russia last week sent a shipment of S300 anti-aircraft missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials.
Another shipment of Russian weaponry is currently on the way to Syria, the officials said.
The officials said last week’s shipment arrived at the port city of Tartus on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, where Russia maintains a naval base.
Two weeks ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters his government would provide military support to Syria, claiming the anti-aircraft munitions were meant to aid the Assad regime in the fight against terrorism. (poutine prend vraiment les gens pour des cons)
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The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of initially Soviet and later Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by NPO Almaz, based on the initial S-300P version. The S-300 system was developed to defend against aircraft and cruise missilesfor the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Subsequent variations were developed to intercept ballistic missiles.
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Russia demands 'explanations' from Israel regarding alleged airstrike in Syria
2 Hezbollah killed - Syria asks UN to sanction Israel
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded "explanations" from Israel, following reports that the Israeli Air Force allegedly bombed several targets on Syrian territory, including some in the vicinity of the Damascus international airport.
Moscow sent an official letter of complaint to the UN Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon, citing "Israeli aggression" and calling not to permit such actions in the future.
According to a statement published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, "Moscow is gravely concerned about this dangerous turn of events, the circumstances of which require explanations. In any case, there is no doubt that the use of force in international affairs is unacceptable and deserves to be condemned."
"It is important not to allow further destabilization of the already tense situation in Syria and the Middle East region as a whole," the statement said.
Vladimir Putin remains one of the only international allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Israel said Monday it will not allow "sophisticated weapons" to fall into the hands of its enemies, after furious claims from Syria that Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes near Damascus.
The Jewish state refused to confirm or deny the strikes, but its forces have previously targeted weapons allegedly destined for arch-foe Lebanon's Hezbollah.
According to Arab media reports, Hezbollah announced that two of their members were killed in the airstrikes. Arabic news channel Al-Arabiya reported that one of the dead was a senior official from the group. Reports named the two as Mohsin Ja'far Soleiman and Hassan Ali Fahas.
The two strikes on Sunday, including one on the country's main international airport, were fiercely condemned by Damascus, which called for UN sanctions against Israel.
Asked about the strikes on public radio, Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz refused to comment directly but stressed Israel's policy of preventing arms transfers to militant groups.
"We have a firm policy of preventing all possible transfers of sophisticated weapons to terrorist organisations," Steinitz said, in a clear reference to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.
The Syrian foreign ministry said Sunday it had asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Israel, describing alleged strikes as "a heinous crime against Syria's sovereignty," according to Syria's SANA news agency.
Syria earlier accused Israel of bombing its main international airport.
"This afternoon, the Israeli enemy targeted two safe areas in Damascus province, namely the Dimas area and the Damascus International Airport," the army said in a statement.
Both civilian and military aircraft operate at the airport, which lies southeast of Damascus near flashpoint areas including Eastern Ghouta, large parts of which are in rebel hands.
There was no immediate reaction from the Israeli authorities and the military said it does not comment on "foreign reports."
But the Syrian army reiterated its claim that the Jewish state is helping rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
"This direct aggression by Israel was carried out to help the terrorists in Syria, after our armed forces secured important victories in Deir Ezzor, Aleppo and elsewhere," the army said.
SANA said the Israeli Air Forces aircraft hit the capital's main airport.
Sunday's air raids proved "Israel's direct support for terrorism in Syria," it said, using the regime's term to refer to peaceful opponents, armed rebels and jihadists fighting in Syria.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict, said both of the targeted sites were used for military purposes.
"Both were military sites, and weapons were being stored there," according to Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
Salim Idris, former head of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, spoke to a subsidiary station of the Al Arabiya news channel, saying the target of the alleged airstrike may have been recent shipments of weapons that were to be delivered to Hezbollah.
Since the beginning of the bloody civil war in 2011, Israel was reported to have attacked Syrian military bases on a number of occasions, including raids reportedly targeting Iranian rockets bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah, however the Israeli government has declined to confirm the reports.
(with AFP)