Israeli Jets Attack Syria — A) Friday: Syrian Air Defense Shoots Down Intruder Israeli Warplane, Hits Another One B) Last month, it was reported that Israeli military aircraft conducted an airstrike on the Syrian government forces stationed in the western countryside of Damascus near the Lebanese border C) In January, Israel bombed a military airport near Damascus. A Syrian official told Sputnik that it was done "to encourage and support terrorists" D) In December, Syria allegedly downed an Israeli warplane and an unmanned aerial vehicle over the southwestern province of Quneitra