Drones launched by rebels attacked Russian Khmeimim air base in Syria

By TOC On Jul 12, 2020

DAMASCUS, (BM) – For the second time in the last 40 days, the jihadist rebels have attempted to attack the largest Russian airbase in Syria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing AMN.

According to a field report from the city of Jableh, the jihadist rebels fired several missile drones that took off from the Latakia-Idlib axis this evening.

The report said the joint Russian-Syrian air defenses were able to intercept all of the jihadist missiles before they could the Khmeimim air base and coastal city of Jableh in the Latakia Governorate.

A source from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) said the jihadist drones were also destroyed during the attack. The Russian and Syrian armed forces have yet to respond to this latest attack by the jihadist rebels; however, they typically launch retaliatory strikes the following day.

The jihadist rebels have launched sporadic attacks throughout the year on the Hmeimim Airbase, much to the dismay of the Russian Armed Forces, who have monitored a fragile ceasefire with their Turkish counterparts in northwestern Syria.

Despite Turkey’s assurances about dismantling these jihadist groups, they have failed to expel these militants from several areas across northwestern Syria.

Large-scale air strike was repulsed near the Russian base in Syria before few days ago

SANA agency has reported on June 223 that the Syrian air defense systems [Air Defense] repelled the attack of drones near Latakia.

Syria’s air defense systems discovered and destroyed severel armed drones on Monday, June 22, in the sky above the village of Jebl, located near the Russian air force base in Khmeimim.

The drones are owned by gangs in the mountainous regions of northern Latakia. The attack was a violation of the truce, which was established on March 6 in the de-escalation zone in the north-west of the republic.

Syria is arming itself with Iranian missile systems.

As we reported yesterday [Jylu 11 – ed.] the Syrian Defense Ministry has come to a general agreement with Iran regarding the supply of anti-aircraft missile systems and updating the existing Syrian air defense system.

Iranian air defense systems are ready to provide full protection for Syrian airspace, military experts firmly state this. The deployment of the Bavar-373 air defense systems is planned to be carried out throughout Syria. I want to note that this air defense system is a complete analogue of the Russian S-300, because the characteristics of these weapons are similar, as is the price segment.

This whole issue of modernization was posed due to the downtime of the S-300 and their inaction. Let me remind you that Russian air defense systems S-300 are based in Syria, but they do not carry out their work, since Russia does not fully intervene in this military-political conflict and the Syrian military campaign as a whole.

Also, the Iranian military is ready to share their experience with Syrian soldiers in the issue of managing and operating Iranian air defense systems; moreover, military experts note that the Bavar-373 air defense system has extensive experience in detecting American fighters.

In general, Russian systems are “idle” for obvious reasons, if they intercept American stealth fighters or Israeli / Turkish UAVs, then a new military-political conflict could easily erupt. That is why Russian air defense systems are inactive.

War in Syria

In February, Turkey lost at least 62 troops killed in Syria, nearly 100 soldiers were wounded, dozens of Turkish armored vehicles were destroyed and more than ten drones, including drone, were shot down. Washington has repeatedly accused Moscow of involvement in the deaths of Turkish soldiers, Russia rejects these allegations.

In early March, the presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, concluded an agreement according to which a ceasefire came into force in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad later said that if the US and Turkish military did not leave the country, Damascus would be able to use force.

The reason for the Russian-Turkish negotiations was a sharp aggravation of the situation in Idlib, where in January a large-scale offensive by the Syrian army against the positions of the armed opposition and terrorists began.

Government forces recaptured nearly half of the Idlib de-escalation zone and left behind a number of Turkish observation posts. After that, Ankara sharply increased its military contingent in the region and launched the operation “Spring Shield” to push the Syrian troops. Turkey is also supported by militants loyal to it.

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