The last 48 hours in Syria have been active on several fronts, BulgarianMilitary.com has learned, citing its sources and information published in Russian media. Israeli airstrikes and a chemical tank are the focus of news in the area.
Russian General Vadim Kulit, head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria [RRCS], spoke to RIA Novosti and said that on July 25, Israeli F-16s entered Syrian airspace from the southwest and fired two air cruise missiles. According to General Kulit, the Syrian Arab Army [SAA] has responded to the threat by intercepting the missiles and destroying them using the Russian-made BUK-M2E air defense system.
There is no official confirmation from Israel about the air attack. However, the Israeli military has no practice of disclosing such information, even if it is a fact. The Israeli Ministry of Defense discloses its participation only in operations aimed at revenge for past attacks on Israelis, Israeli facilities, or Israeli-flagged sites.
A day earlier, General Kulit told a news briefing that Russian military intelligence had information that the White Helmets, together with the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, had delivered a tanker of poisonous chemicals to the area of Atma, Idlib province. . According to the Russian general, the fighters intend to use the poisonous chemicals in a missile attack and then blame the Syrian government for it. However, this information remains unconfirmed by the Syrian Arab News Agency [SANA].
Russia does not recognize the activities of the White Helmets, considering it a terrorist group among others in the region. In the past, Russia has also reported similar possible attacks, but these have never happened. The last such information coming from Russian sources was in March last year when again the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria warned of a planned chemical attack in the area of Saraqib.
In 2017, however, the international community condemned the actions of the Syrian government, aided by the Russian military, for carrying out a serious chemical attack on civilians. The United States then joined the civil war in Syria, carrying out serious airstrikes with Tomahawk missiles overnight.
