RIA Novosti: Syrian air defense repelled a missile attack in the Damascus region

It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Syrian state broadcasting agency.

“Air defense systems counteract Israeli air aggression over Damascus,” the report says.

It is noted that powerful explosions are heard in Damascus.

Earlier, more than 50 people were killed in an attack by IS militants

in the Syrian province of Homs.

Also at the end of January, unidentified aircraft fired on a group of trucks in eastern Syria after entering from Iraqi territory.

* "Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIL) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.