Syrian air defences were mistakenly activated overnight in response to a false alarm at the Shayrat airbase near Homs, state television has announced. State media had earlier reported that incoming missiles were shot down by the country’s anti-air batteries on Monday night. Syria previously claimed Israeli warplanes had targeted another airbase near Homs. Syrian state media made no mention of the strike on Dumair. Asked about the reported missile attack, an Israeli military spokesman had said: “We don’t comment on such reports.”Earlier this month, four Iranian military personnel were killed in an airstrike on the Syrian T-4 airbase near Homs.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2018 22:52 UTC