Damascus - Of the 59 Tomahawk-type US missiles launched at Shayrat''s Syrian air base, 23 hit targets and the rest killed at least nine people and wounded others in nearby villages, military sources said.

Still to be precise details, but among the civilian victims there are four children to add to the tragic balance of dead, and nine soldiers killed and seven wounded, the sources added.

The warehouses and nine aircraft were destroyed in the facility, used for attacks against terrorist groups like the Islamic State, Daesh by its acronym in Arabic, in the eastern region of Homs, 180 kilometers north of Damascus.

Meanwhile, media in the Syrian capital reported that Russia decided to reinforce the defensive anti-aircraft system in the territory of this nation of the Levant, where it maintains military installations in Hemymin, Latakia and the port of Tartus.

This information is complemented by the announcement by various sources that Moscow is transferring the rest of the Pantsir anti-aircraft systems to Syria and had been agreed since 2008 under specific contracts.