As it was reported at the briefing of the Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic, at 19:45 Moscow time on February 9, 2021, Russian air defense systems repelled an attack on the Russian air base "Khmeimim" with the use of long-range multiple rocket launchers.
The tail part of the 9M79-1 operational-tactical missile of the 9K79-1 "Tochka-U" operational-tactical missile system, fired by the Syrian Arab Army at the Tarkhina district in the province of Aleppo as a response to the rocket attack by militants of the Russian Hmeimim airbase 09.02.2021 (c) Syrian opposition resources
By means of objective control, it was established that the attack was carried out from the territory of the Idlib de-escalation zone, controlled by illegal armed groups. There are no injuries or material damage. The Russian air base "Khmeimim" operates as planned.
In turn, Syrian opposition sources reported that on the evening of February 9, apparently in response to the rocket attack on Khmeimim, the forces of the Russian contingent from Khmeimim and the Syrian Arab Army struck with missiles of operational and tactical missile systems (Iskander-M - Russians, and Tochka-U-Syrians) at an oil refinery controlled by pro-Turkish armed groups in the village of Tarkhin in the province of Aleppo in northern Syria
