Umbutho wasemoyeni waseSyria wawuzama ukuziphindiselela kwabakwa-Israel ngesiteleka sabo sakamuva esasibhekiswe ezingalweni okwakucatshangwa ukuthi zilethwe eLatakia ukuze ziyiswe emabuthweni nakuma-proxies e-Iran ngesikhathi ngephutha yehlisa indiza yaseRussia yokugibela abantu abangu-14.
I-Israel ibambelela kwinqubomgomo eqinile yokungayiqinisekisi noma ukuyiphika le mibiko kodwa iningi lezingqapheli likholelwa ukuthi isimo njengoba sibikiwe sinembile yize kunesidingo sokunikezwa yi-CNN esiqede le ndaba.
I-IL-20 turbo-prop ibibuyela ezansi eLatakia ngenkathi ishaywa ngumcibisholo. Lesi sigameko senzeke ngesikhathi izindiza zakwa-Israel nezaseFrance zisasebenza kule ndawo.
Inkampani yezindaba i-TASS ephethwe nguhulumeni ibike ukuthi indiza ibisemakhilomitheni angama-20 ukusuka ogwini lwaseSyria ngesikhathi inyamalala ezikrinini ze-radar. Lo mbiko ubalule ukuba khona kwesikrini kwamabhanoyi amane akwa-F-16 akwa-Israyeli kanye nokwethulwa kwemicibisholo yasemfuleni waseFrance.
ngu-Michael Friedson, The Media Line
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I-Israel ibambelela kwinqubomgomo eqinile yokungayiqinisekisi noma ukuyiphika le mibiko kodwa iningi lezingqapheli likholelwa ukuthi isimo njengoba sibikiwe sinembile yize kunesidingo sokunikezwa yi-CNN esiqede le ndaba.
- The report noted the presence on-screen of a squad of four Israeli F-16 fighter planes and the off-shore launching of missiles by a French frigate.
- The IL-20 turbo-prop was returning to the base at Latakia when it was struck by a missile.