Syria's air defenses confront Israeli missile barrages targeting some areas in the central and western coastal regions of the war-ravaged country, killing four soldiers and injuring another.

Lebanon condemns in the strongest terms the latest Israeli airstrikes against an airbase in central Syria.

Syrian air defenses successfully shoot down most of the Israeli missiles launched toward the central Syrian province of Homs, according to Syria’s state media.

Syria says the latest Israeli act of aggression near Damascus and a Daesh terrorist attack on an army bus show clear coordination between the two criminal acts.

The Russian military says Syrian air defense units have destroyed 10 of the 12 Israeli missiles fired at Homs.

Syrian air defenses have intercepted several Israeli missiles in the skies over the country’s central province of Homs, according to state media, with reports of casualties in the fourth Israeli strike on Syria in the past month.

The Russian military says Syrian air defense units have destroyed six of eight Israeli missiles targeting Homs with Russian-made Buk-M2 and Pantsir-S systems.

Pro-government anti-terror groups in Syria vow a “very harsh” response to a recent overnight aerial aggression by Israel against Homs.

The Russian military says Syrian air defense units have destroyed 8 of 12 Israeli missiles targeting the T-4 military airbase in the central province of Homs with Russian-made Pantsir systems.

A Russian soldier dies in a roadside bomb blast while patrolling in the eastern Syrian province of Homs.