[BeadCounter]

Saturday, near Damascus was struck, an arsenal and tonight, Latakia. Pictures at link. I haven't heard them strike the Latakia area much, maybe once before I had read of such an instance.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Then who shot them?

[VanShuyten]

Israeli planes were blamed at first, but it’s not clear if it was them or the Turks. Oh, and now the French.

In addition, a Russian observation plane is missing. The blame for that right now is Syrian air and missile defense systems, but I’m sure Israel will get blamed for it somehow.

[mrsmith]

Carla Babb‏Verified account @CarlaBabbVOA · 3h3 hours ago

Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Sean Robertson tells VOA on Syrian claims of engaging missile targets over #Latakia "I can unequivocally say this is not us." #BREAKING @VOANews

[buckalfa]

Oh no 😱, not the pipe tobacco ! Oh, you mean Latakia the seaport! Nevermind!

In all seriousness though, this is not good. Powder keg meet match. The ghost of John McCain?

[DesertRhino]

Bottom line, whoever it was attacked the forces fighting the sunni jihadis, NOT the sunni jihadis.

[BeadCounter]

Everyone, I’ve been reading some twitter.

A Russian military plane went down in the area.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7282802/russian-military-plane-with-14-on-board-goes-off-radar-in-latakia-during-syria-strike-amid-reports-it-was-accidentally-shot-down/

Okay, there are a few theories as to why. You can find them yourselves. Also, supposedly I heard a Russian report that a French ship fired off some missiles too. Others say the Syrian army accidentally shot down the Russian plane in intercepting incoming Israeli missiles. This is some speculation but a lot seems to be happening today over there.