Syria claims: Two Syrians dead in Israeli air strike in Damascus

(A7) Syrian media on Monday night reported an Israeli air strike in the Damascus area.

According to the reports, explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Syrian capital. The Al-Watan newspaper, which is affiliated with the Assad regime, reported that the attack targeted the southeastern part of Damascus and the international airport, and that most of the missiles were intercepted.

The Syrian Ministry of Defense said that two people were killed in the attack.

This is the fourth air strike attributed to Israel in less than a week. Overnight Saturday, Syrian media reported that Israel carried out air strikes in the Homs region in the west of the country.

Two Western intelligence sources quoted by Reuters said the rocket strikes targeted the T4 air base located west of the ancient city of Palmyra, and al Dabaa airport near al Qusayr city near the Lebanese border where the Hezbollah terrorist group is entrenched.

Iranian military personnel alongside fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah are stationed at both airports and there is a strong presence of pro-Iranian militias in that area of Homs province, the sources said.

According to Syrian reports, the country’s anti-aircraft system was activated following the attack. Military officials in Syria said that five Syrian military personnel were injured and that some of the missiles were intercepted.

On Thursday night, Syrian media reported that explosions were heard in the vicinity of Damascus and that the Syrian air defense systems were activated following the air strike. The reports said most of the missiles were intercepted.

Syrian opposition sources reported that the attack focused on the western part of Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the alleged Israeli attack targeted military sites of the Assad regime and the pro-Iranian militias in the southwestern part of the capital. It was also reported that the sites that were attacked contained weapons.

On Wednesday night, media in Syria reported that explosions were heard in the vicinity of Damascus.

The reports indicated that the explosions were a result of an Israeli air strike. It was also reported that the country’s air defense systems worked to repel the “Israeli aggression”.