On August 2nd, the air defenses of the Syrian Arab Army confronted a hostile air target to the west of Damascus.
According to SANA, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Friday that it foiled a new attack on its air base in Hmeimim in Lattakia province which the terrorist groups tried to launch from the areas where they are positioned in Lattakia northern countryside through two drones.
Head of the Russian Coordination Center in Hmeimim Alexei Tsygankov said that the air defense units at the Hmeimim air base destroyed two aerial targets at a safe distance from the base.