Israeli missiles ‘thwarted’

Beirut: Syrian military air defences struck an Israeli warplane and shot down Israeli missiles targeting the T4 air base in Homs province in response to an act of ‘‘aggression’’ yesterday, Syrian state media says.

Sana cited a military source as saying: ‘‘Our air defence systems thwarted an Israeli aggression and brought down a number of missiles that were targeting the T4 airport’’ . . . air defences hit one of the ‘‘attacking planes and forced the rest to leave’’ Syrian air space. — Reuters