Syrian air defense reportedly targets unknown plane above Homs airportAugust 8, 2018 - 10:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Syrian air defense units at the Shay’rat Military Airbase in east Homs have confronted an unknown warplane on Tuesday, August 7 evening, a local source said, according to Al-Masdar News. The source said the warplane is believed to be an armed drone that is similar to the ones used to attack the Russian-operated Hmeymim Airbase in southwest Latakia. The source did not specify if the unknown warplane was destroyed. The Shay’rat Airbase was the military installation the U.S. targeted with their tomahawk missiles in April of 2017. The same military airbase in eastern Homs was targeted by the Israeli Air Force earlier this year. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |