Air strikes on websites within the neighborhood of the capital Damascus observe missile assaults on Friday and Monday, Syria says.
Israeli air strikes have hit targets within the neighborhood of the Syrian capital Damascus, marking the third such assault in per week, Syrian state media reported.
The Syrian army stated Israeli missiles have been fired within the early hours of Thursday morning at websites close to Damascus and that air defences had “confronted the missile aggression and downed most of them”. There have been no casualties reported.
“At round 00:30 AM (21:30 GMT), the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression from the course of the occupied Palestinian territories concentrating on a number of positions within the neighborhood of Damascus,” the Syrian defence ministry stated in a press release.
The assault follows related air strikes on Friday and a uncommon daytime air assault on Monday which wounded a soldier, in response to the Syrian military.
The assault on Friday was the primary such reported raid since September 17, when Syria’s defence ministry stated missile strikes on Damascus Worldwide Airport and close by army posts south of the capital killed 5 troopers.
Israel, which doesn’t touch upon such assaults, has carried out tons of of strikes on targets inside government-controlled elements of Syria in recent times, however hardly ever acknowledges or discusses the operations.
Israel claims it has focused bases of Iran-allied fighters in Syrian teams. Tehran has despatched hundreds of fighters to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.