Errant Syrian Missile Flies And Crashes Onto The Island Of Cyprus

Warzone/The Drive: Errant Syrian Missile Flies Over Mediterranean And Crashes Onto Island Of Cyprus

The missile landed hundreds of miles away in Cyprus during a flurry of Israeli air strikes on targets within Syria.

In one of its largest aerial operations over Syria in months, Israel launched strikes on a number of targets in that country. As usual, Syrian air defenses attempted to target the Israeli aircraft and standoff weapons without success. One of the surface-to-air missiles fired, which was most likely a Cold War-era S-200 (SA-5 Gammon), appears to have careened over Lebanon and across the stretch of the Mediterranean Sea that separates the partitioned island of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean coast. It then slammed into a mountainside near a small village in the Turkish controlled portion of the island.

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More News On A Syrian Missile Flying And Crashing Onto The Island Of Cyprus

'Stray Syrian anti-aircraft missile' hits northern Cyprus -- BBC
Cyprus struck by stray missile thought to have come from Syria -- the Guardian/Reuters
Stray 'Russian-made Syrian missile' explodes in CYPRUS after landing 200 miles off-course and sparking huge blaze -- Daily Mail
Stray 'Russian-made missile' suspected of hitting northern Cyprus -- AFP
Apparent Syrian air-defense missile crashes in northern Cyprus -- Times of Israel
Missile that hit Northern Cyprus Russian-made S-200 fired from Syria, foreign minister says -- Daily Sabah/Reuters