Air Defence Systems Repel Militant Drone Attacks on Hmeimim Airbase, Russian Military Says

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Militants in Syria have attempted to launch a drone attack on the Khmeimim airbase, although the unmanned flying vehicles were shot down by air defence systems, Rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry’s centre for Syrian reconciliation, said on Sunday.

No casualties or material damage were reported following the incident, the head of the centre for Syrian reconciliation said.

The airbase has long been a target of terrorist groups that operate in the region, although Russian air defence systems have consistently been able to shoot down hostile drones.

At the request of the Syrian government, Moscow has been assisting local troops to regain control over the militant-held swaths of Idlib province in the country’s north, with Russian servicemen based at the naval facility in the city of Tartus and the Hmeimim airbase.

Sourse: sputniknews.com