How did I miss this failed Israeli missile attack on Syria?

This mention, today, is the first I've heard of this incident.

On November 30, following almost two-and-a-half months of silence, the Israeli air force bombed Syria with three waves of cruise missiles. The first and second waves were repulsed over southern Syria, and the third, composed of surface-to-surface missiles, were also downed. At the same time, a loud explosion was heard in al-Kiswah, resulting in the blackout of Israeli positions in the area.

The Israeli attack was fully repulsed, with possibly two IDF drones being downed as well. This effectiveness of Syria’s air defenses corresponds with Russia’s integration of Syria’s air defenses with its own systems, manifestly improving the Syrians’ kill ratios even without employing the new S-300 systems delivered to Damascus, let alone Russia’s own S-400s. The Pantsirs and S-200s are enough for the moment, confirming my hypothesis more than two months ago that the modernized S-300 in the hands of the Syrian army is a potentially lethal weapon even for the F-35, forbidding the Israelis from employing their F-35s.

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Of course, I do not expect the corporate media to report the truth - especially when it embarrasses the empire. But, I check Moon of Alabama and the Saker every day, and they haven't mentioned this.

Does anyone have any different sources that might confirm this report?

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that buy the S-400.
It's effective at half the price of our Patriot missile system.
We can't compete with Russia.

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Syrian air defenses intercept enemy targets near Damascus – state TV

Syrian air defenses have engaged and intercepted “enemy aerial targets” close to Damascus International Airport, according to state media reports.

Information on what exactly was intercepted or who might have been behind the reported attack was not immediately available.

The report, however, was taken down by the Syrian media shortly after release. It remains unclear, whether any attack actually took place or it was a false alarm altogether.

The city of Damascus and its surroundings have repeatedly come under attacks over the past few years, with its air defense engaging various incoming aerial targets. Syrian officials have been routinely blaming Israel for the attacks, yet Tel Aviv rarely admitted its involvement.

The most recent incident of such sort occurred late in November, when state media reported that “enemy targets” were engaged above the town of Kiswah, located south of Damascus. Origin and nature of the projectiles, however, were not confirmed officially.

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

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@snoopydawg
admit it. They have some routine narratives and this fits none of them:

For lethal attacks on civilians, the narrative evolves -
1) It never happened
2) Well, maybe it happened but we didn't do it
3) It appears that we may have done it by accident and we are investigating
4) It was an accident and will never happen again

For highly destructive attacks on any target that can be argued to contain one or more hostile fighters -
We successfully launched a skillful precision raid on enemy forces at (location) killing (number) with no Israeli casualties

There is no narrative for "we launched a raid on an arguably civilian target and it failed miserably", so you won't see it admitted.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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@enhydra lutris

Deny, Stonewall, Counterattack.

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@snoopydawg

The report, however, was taken down by the Syrian media shortly after release. It remains unclear, whether any attack actually took place or it was a false alarm altogether.

But even that story is hardly making a solid claim. IIRC, someone claimed the "attack" was strictly electronic - probing the Syrian radar defences.

Us mushroom/peasants will be the last to know what the empire is doing in our name.

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