Damascus — Syria and Russia accused Israel on Monday of carrying out a bombing raid on a Syrian military airport, as calls mounted for international action over an alleged chemical attack on a rebel-held town. Britain was the latest country to urge a "strong" response to accusations that dozens of people were killed by poison gas in Douma, a battered opposition-held town near the capital. The escalating pressure came as Damascus and Moscow blamed Israel for an early morning missile strike on Syria’s T-4 airbase. Syrian state news agency Sana said Israeli F-15 aircraft fired several missiles at the base from Lebanese territory. Russia’s army said a pair of Israeli F-15s fired eight missiles at the base. Five were destroyed by air defence systems but three hit a western part of the facility, it said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the raid a "very dangerous development". The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 14 fighters were killed, including Syrian army officers...
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