Israeli airstrikes on Friday evening targeted military facilities in Damascus and the surrounding area, where loud explosions could be heard.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian anti-earthlies attempted to block these strikes in the area’s sky.
The “SANA” agency had reported that the Syrian air defenses had confronted Israeli missiles in the airspace of Damascus and the southern region.
The observatory reported that the raids appeared to target an Iranian weapon shipment in Damascus and that they targeted the western countryside and the area near the airport in Damascus.
The Syrian Observatory emphasized that the southern part of Damascus that Israel is targeting “is an area controlled by Iran.
For his part, the Syrian media quoted a military source as saying that Israel launched an air attack by missiles from the direction of the northeast of Lake Tiberias.
The source went on to say that the attack specifically targeted particular locations near Damascus, indicating that only material damages were caused.
Israeli missile fire near the airport of Damascus resulted in the deaths of five Syrian soldiers last month, while Israeli strikes in June forced the closure of the airport for approximately two weeks.
Aleppo airport was again the target of Israeli airstrikes last month.
Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Syria over the past few years, hitting Hezbollah, Iranian, and Syrian military targets.
Israel rarely confirms the implementation of strikes in Syria, but it is repeated that it will continue to confront Iran’s attempts to consolidate its military presence in Syria..
Israeli airstrikes in Syria have targeted military facilities in and around Damascus.
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