Umkhosi womoya waseSyria wawuzama ukuziphindezela nxamnye nama-Israel ngesitrayikhi sabo samva nje ngokuchasene nengalo ekucingelwa ukuba zisiwe eLatakia ukuthuthwa zisiya kwimikhosi yase-Iranian kunye neeproxies xa ngempazamo yehlisa inqwelomoya yokuphinda ibone iRussia kunye ne-14 eyayikhwele.
I-Israel ibambelela kumgaqo-nkqubo ongqongqo wokungavumeli okanye ukuphika ezo ngxelo kodwa uninzi lwababukeli bakholelwa ukuba imeko njengoko ichaziwe ichanekile ngaphandle kokungabikho kwegalelo elinikezelwa yi-CNN eyaphule ibali.
I-IL-20 turbo-prop ibuyela kwisiseko eLatakia xa yabethwa ngumjukujelwa. Esi siganeko senzeke ngelixa iijethi zase-Israeli nezaseFrance zisebenza kule ndawo.
Iarhente yeendaba ye-TASS elawulwa ngurhulumente ixele ukuba inqwelomoya yayimalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-20 ukusuka kunxweme lwaseSyria xa yanyamalala kwizikrini ze-radar. Ingxelo iqaphele ubukho kwiscreen seqela leenqwelomoya ezine zelizwe lakwa-F-16 zase-Israeli kunye nokusungulwa konxweme ngemijukujelwa yomkhenkce waseFrance.
NguMichael Friedson, Umnxeba weMedia
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I-Israel ibambelela kumgaqo-nkqubo ongqongqo wokungavumeli okanye ukuphika ezo ngxelo kodwa uninzi lwababukeli bakholelwa ukuba imeko njengoko ichaziwe ichanekile ngaphandle kokungabikho kwegalelo elinikezelwa yi-CNN eyaphule ibali.
- 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.
