You're reading: BBC: Syria war – Russia thwarts drone attack on Hmeimim airbase

Russian forces have foiled a drone attack on an airbase in Syria just days after reports that rebel shelling had damaged several planes, activists say.

The attempt to bomb the Hmeimim base near the north-western city of Latakia on January 6 was thwarted when unmanned aircraft were shot down, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.

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