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Apr 14, 2018, 18 tweets

Residents of #Damascus reporting "sounds of blasts", with a few of them reporting "strong tremors shaking windows".
Sirens reportedly heard in the capital. Masaken Barzeh reportedly hit, though unconfirmed.
#SyriaStrikes

Scientific Research Centre, East of #Damascus, reportedly hit
#SyriaStrikes

Reports coming out of strikes vs #Jemraya District, #Damascus. Jemraya is where the Scientific Studies and Research Centre is located #SRSC
#SyriaStrikes

Additional strikes reported against #MasakenBarzeh in #Damascus
#SyriaStrikes

Unconfirmed strikes reportedly being spotted against targets in #Qasyun Mountain (Home of Presidential Palace and other military units), as well as #DummarProjects #Damascus.
Unconfirmed strikes as of yet reported in #Misyaf, near #Latakia (suspected CW Production Lab)

#Syria Air defences spotted in #Damascus, blasts can be heard in distance
#SyriaStrikes.

#Damascus resident reported seeing "air defence missiles fired from direction of #Mazzeh airbase". She's not sure whether airbase had been hit.
Meanwhile, early reports indicating #Dumair Airbase had also been hit.

Footage from #Damascus shows air defence missiles being launched. Location not specified.
#SyriaStrikes

Pro regime #Misyaf FB channel denies reports of town being targeted (nearby a suspected CW site)
Meanwhile, in #Damascus, residents still reporting hearing blasts.
Rebel activists reported seeing missiles flying from Al-Ghab Area, west of #Idlib, heading south towards Damascus.

Maytham Achqar, a resident of #Damacus, publishes more footage of air defence systems trying to shoot down missiles over the capital.
Pro-regime FB accounts appearing to confirm #Dmeir Airbase hit. "No casualties reported so far," they say.
#SyriaStrikes

Reports coming in of sites in #Hama being targeted.
Pro-regime FB pages denying any strikes taking place but confirming "air defences active in the area". Also denying any strikes reported vs #Homs.

Pro-regime FB pages now confirming strikes vs #Homs but saying air defences "have dealt with missiles over Homs skies"

Pro-regime FB page also confirming strikes vs #Keswa near #Damascus as well as strikes vs #SSRC

Cautious calm over #Damascus for past 10 min.

#Damascus Resident to @BBCNews:
"It was mayhem above us. Most missiles shot down. I saw > 20 anti-air missiles launched. They'd fly really high then start weaving across, like they were following their target. I didn't see the cruise missiles but i saw sum falling debris nearby"

#Coalition issues warning to potential rebels near #Jordan borders.
'This was a defensive strike... We are not at war with the regime... If you attack regime positions, you will not be supported'

Footage said to be from the #Kesweh area, south of #Damascus, showing an air defence "shooting down a US cruise missile"
#SyriaStrikes

Footage from #Damascus Now shows buoyant Damascenes in Umayyad Square in "defiance of Tripartite Aggression", celebrating a "morning of victory".
Pro-regime FB mocking #Syriastrikes:
"That's as many missiles as you can get with Saudi money. Insert another coin to continue"

Footage from earlier this morning from #Damascus #Barzeh in distance where #SSRC was hit, with one cruise missile after the other.
#SyriaStrikes

Footage near #Homs, shot earlier this morning, shows what looks like a missile in distance. Sound of jets could be @RoyalAirForce Tornados which @DefenceHQ reported to have struck targets in area.

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