Israel Israel launches 'large-scale' attack in Syria after fighter jet crashes Military spokesman says four Iranian targets near Damascus were destroyed in retaliation Play Video 1:23 Israeli fighter jet crashes after being shot at by Syrian air defences – videoIsrael has launched what it described as a large-scale air raid in Syria after one of its F-16 fighters crashed while under Syrian anti-aircraft fire. Twelve sites, including four “Iranian targets” near the Syrian capital, Damascus, were destroyed in the raid, according to an Israeli military spokesman, Jonathan Conricus. The Israeli military denied more than one plane had been hit. Saturday’s violence was one of the most severe incidents involving Israel, Iran and Syria during Syria’s seven-year-old civil war. “IDF (Israel Defence Forces) has targeted the Iranian control systems in Syria that sent the [unmanned aircraft] into Israeli airspace.

Source: The Guardian February 10, 2018 06:00 UTC