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Attack. we have cnn's ben wedeman in beirut. do we know they hit syria before? what more are we learning this morning? >> reporter: this came in a statement from the russian defense ministry, alex, which said two israeli f-15s flew over lebanon. from lebanese air space, fired eight missiles. it is known as the t-4 air base which is 60 miles northeast of damascus. according to the russians, five of the missiles were intercepted. three hit the targets. the syrian arab news agency, the official syrian news agency, is saying there were fatalities and casualties, but they are not going into any det...

To comment on this reports of the strike as the french have said they didn't do it it. the americans say they didn't do it. so a good question is who did? israel has a history of conducting as many as 100 air strikes on targets within syria and on the 10th of february after iranian drone launched from the t-4 base entered israeli air space. israeli f-16 was shot down by syrian defense forces. alison. >> let's talk about the timing for a second. if it was israel to conduct the missile strike, what about the timing of this strike? was this in response to the alleged chemical attack? >> reporter:...

Warplanes flew over lebanese airspace. how are they responding to that accusation? >> reporter: it's no surprise as per usual israeli policy, the foreign affairs and the army have declared to comment on the accusations that it was israel that carried out the strike. a former commander said, look, there are only two countries that have the reason and the capable to carry out the strike, the u.s. and israel. for the u.s. it would be very quick planning if this were a response to the use of chemical weapons and difficult to cover the distance the u.s. would have to cover. therefore, he concluded,...

He has the latest from beirut. >> reporter: good morning. the strike took place after 3:00 a.m. local time. the base itself is known as the t-4 base. that is where it is known there are iranian forces as well as syrian. we had a variety of accounts of what happened. initially the syrian arab news agency came out with the statement saying that there have been casualties and fatalities. that several of the missiles were knocked out of the sky by syrian defense forces. it is important to keep independent mind that was also the -- keep in mind that was also on the 10th of february where iranian dr...

Few years israelis have conducted more than 100 air strikes inside syria. normally the targets are operatives from hezbollah or iranian forces. it is known that the t-4 base does host iranian personnel. it was from there on february 10th, that the iranians launched a drone in israeli air space. on that occasion, israelis did respond by attacking t-4, but one of the f-15s was shot down by syrian depp fenfenses. >> this may not be tied to the chemical weapons attack? thank you, ben wedeman. >> joining us live from washington is political analyst and post reporter josh rogin is back with us. good...