https:// www.thenational.ae/world/mena/syria-retracts-reports-of-new-missile-attack-in-homs-1.722208
Syria said on Tuesday that a “false alarm” had activated its air defences, retracting earlier statements of an overnight missile attack on the central province of Homs.
“Last night, a false alarm that Syrian air space had been penetrated triggered the blowing of air defence sires and the firing of several missiles,” state news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying.
“The was no external attack on Syria.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Syrian state media reported that new missile strikes targeted two airfields -- one near Homs and the other near Damascus. The United States-led coalition denied involvement.
Pro-Syrian regime outlets and social-media accounts had reported that air defences had foiled a missile attack on Shayrat air base near Homs, the same location that was targeted in US missile strikes last year. Reports close to the regime indicated that its defences shot down six missiles targeting the base