Syria’s air defense units repel Israeli aggression near Damascus
Syrian air defenses have intercepted most Israeli missiles near the country’s capital city of Damascus, amid an upsurge in the regime’s acts of aggression against the Arab nation following the bloody onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
“At around 11:55 p.m. local time (2055 GMT) on Thursday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, and targeted a number of sites in the southern flank of Damascus,” the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted an unnamed military source as saying.
The source added that Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles.
The report noted that there were no injuries in the strike, but there were material losses.
The strike comes a day after Damascus International Airport reopened following repeated Israeli strikes.
Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists.
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