Tasnim � An informed source denied reports that the Shayrat airbase in Syria�s Homs has come under a missile attack.

The source told Tasnim on Tuesday that the reports on a Monday night missile attack on Shayrat airbase, located on the outskirts of the Western city of Homs, are untrue.

It was reported by some media outlets on Tuesday that Syria�s anti-aircraft defenses had shot down a number of missiles targeting an airbase in the Homs province and a military airport in capital Damascus on Monday night.

Later, Reuters quoted a Syrian regional commander as saying that a false alarm had led to Syrian air defense missiles being fired overnight and there was no fresh attack on Syria.

Shayrat airbase was targeted last year in a US cruise missile attack in response to an alleged chemical attack on the terrorist-held town of Khan Shaykhun.