INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Reports say Syrian air defence blocks American, British, French aggression on Syria
in and around the capital, a monitor said, as the US announced a joint operation against the Damascus government."The Western coalition
strikes targeted scientific research centres, several military bases, and the bases of the Republican Guard and Fourth Division in the
capital Damascus and around it," said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.The US, France, and Britain announced a joint
operation against Syria's government, a week after a suspected chemical attack outside the capital Damascus left more than 40 people
government.Moments after the announcement, loud blasts could be heard from the capital and large plumes of smoke emerged from its northern
and eastern edges.Syrian state media reported the joint operation and said there was preliminary information that a research centre
