Damascus, SANA- Sources at civil Aviation revealed that planes, expected to be affiliated to the so-called US-led international coalition intercepted an Iranian civil plane in the Syrian airspace in Al-Tanf, forcing the pilot to lower altitude and causing light injuries among passengers.
The sources added that the plane was coming from Tehran and heading for Beirut through Syrian airspaces and it was intercepted by warplanes in Al-Tanf area, forcing the plane captain to seriously lower altitude.
They affirmed that the plane resumed its flight to Beirut.
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