{"id":13464,"date":"2018-04-16T09:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T09:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=13464"},"modified":"2018-04-16T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T09:59:19","slug":"assads-aide-syrian-defenses-smarter-than-us-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/assads-aide-syrian-defenses-smarter-than-us-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Assad’s aide: Syrian defenses smarter than US missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The political adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has praised Syria\u2019s air defenses for intercepting most of the missiles fired by the US and its allies at\u00a0the Arab country on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bouthaina Shaaban said in remarks published on the Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen website that\u00a0the victory marks the beginning of the end of the American empire.<\/p>\n

“The breaking of their evil aggression is the beginning of the vanishing of their empire, which will be replaced by new forces which respects the humanity, sovereignty and safety of peoples,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of Saturday, the US, Britain and France launched a barrage of missile attacks upon President Donald Trump’s order\u00a0in response to what they claimed a chemical attack in the militant-held town of Douma.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Syria intercepted 71 of 103 missiles fired at it: Russia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US and Russian military officials say more than 100 cruise missiles were fired\u00a0at Syria during early Saturday airstrikes by the United State, France and Britain.<\/a><\/div>\n

Syria, which turned over its entire chemical stockpile under a deal negotiated by Russia and the United States back in 2013, said it had intercepted most of the missiles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important fact we should record here for Trump is that his missiles are not smart, not accurate \u2013 and that the Syrian air defenses have given the evidence that they are more smart and accurate than his missiles. He should be careful about his tweets,\u201d Shaaban said.<\/p>\n

She\u00a0was referring to Trump\u2019s tweet before the attack,\u00a0warning\u00a0Syria and allies\u00a0to get ready for the missiles and\u00a0suggesting that the rockets would evade air defenses because they were\u00a0\u201cnice and new and smart.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This handout satellite image taken on April 14, 2018 shows the Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, after it was struck in raids by the United States, Britain and France. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shaaban noted that the US-led airstrikes had not intimidated the Syrians and instead sent cowering Israelis scrambling into air raid shelters.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of the Syrian people going to shelters, they went to the rooftops to watch Syrian forces shoot down scores of Trump\u2019s missiles before they could reach their goals. This, while the settlers of the Zionist entity fled to their shelters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaaban also rejected Pentagon chief Jim Mattis\u2019s allegations that installations linked to the production of chemical weapons had been bombed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Center of Science and Research which provides knowledge to the best Syrian students every year was targeted,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is destroying this institution, which has no connection to producing any weapons. This is the lie of war about chemical weapons that Trump created.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Video: Center hit in US attack produced cancer drugs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A coordinated missile attack by the US, the UK and France on\u00a0Syria\u00a0has destroyed a scientific research institution that\u00a0specialized in producing cancer drugs amid Western sanctions.<\/a><\/div>\n

The Syrian official noted that the West and Israel aim\u00a0to achieve \u201ctwo things\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne is that there be no unity in the [Arab] nation. The other is that [the Arab nation] not arm itself with science and knowledge, the highest value for humans.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real response to their aggression, occupation and attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause and to humiliate the Arabs and pan-Arabism is to have more science and knowledge, and to develop our capabilities and air defense and laboratories, and to produce anything that secures the needs of our generation,\u201d Shaaban said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The political adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has praised Syria\u2019s air defenses for intercepting most of the missiles fired by the US and its allies at\u00a0the Arab country on Saturday. Bouthaina Shaaban said in remarks published on the Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen website that\u00a0the victory marks the beginning of the end of the American empire. “The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13467,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13464\/revisions\/13467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}