Airstrike Targets Syrian Military Airport, Air Defenses Activated: State TV

Smoke billows from a fire inside Syria in a file photo. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo

Syrian air defense systems were triggered on Tuesday following an aerial strike on a military base in Homs, Syrian state media said.

According to the state-run SANA agency, “Army air defenses confronted aggression on T4 airport in Homs eastern countryside.”