Israel
launched an airstrike near the Syrian capital early on Friday, according to
Syrian state media, making it the second assault within two days.
At
least three significant explosions were reported by Reuters reporters overnight
over the city. State media claimed that Israel launched "sprays of
rockets" shortly after midnight, citing a military source.
The
source claimed that the assault resulted in some material damage and that the
Syrian air defenses "intercepted the missiles and shot down a number of
them." The number of fatalities wasn't disclosed.
Without
giving more specifics, the source claimed that the assault took place at
"a site in the countryside of Damascus." Israel did not immediately
respond to reports of strikes in Syria and typically does not remark on such
reports.
Since
starting to back President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that broke out in
2011, Israel has been conducting attacks against targets in Syria that it
claims are connected to Iran.
Paramilitary
organizations supported by Iran, such as Lebanon's Hezbollah and those in Iraq,
have established strongholds in and around the nation's capital as well as in
its north, east, and south.
According
to a count by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor
with sources on the ground, there have been at least six attacks in March
alone.
Israeli
missiles fired near Damascus on Thursday wounded two soldiers, according to
Syrian official media.
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