Israeli Jets Used Civilian Aircraft As Cover During Palmyra Strike, Russia says

October 15 2021

Syria

Russian officials say that Israeli fighters used civilian passenger jets to cover their attacks on Syrian government forces earlier this week, reports Russia’s Sputnik news agency.

On Thursday, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, the deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said that four Israeli F-16s conducted strikes on Palmyra the previous day.

He said that Russian-supplied Syrian air defenses in the area did not activate because two Israeli...

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