The news fairly erupts with a single tweet —

— hat has no immediate company and few details. Nonetheless, it comes out near the real time of events, and a few minutes later, the news starts to appear in diverse online sources.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-02-05/syrian-air-defenses-intercept-hostile-targets-over-damascus-state-media

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/blasts-heard-in-damascus-syrian-air-defense-831010.html

Even in this day of streaming content, this old blogger remains amazed by the rapid and extraordinary reach of the World Wide Web in relation to conflict news.

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/syrian-air-defenses-intercept-israeli-missiles-over-damascus-state-media-says-1.8501073
-2/6/2020.