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Syria confronts 'Israeli aggression' over Damascus: Report

Friday, 31 March 2023 12:46 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 31 March 2023 12:47 AM ]

Frame grab from video provided by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), shows Syrian air defenses intercepting an incoming Israeli missile over the Arab country's capital of Damascus on March 31, 2023.

Syria's air defenses reportedly confronted another round of "Israeli aggression" targeting the Arab country's capital of Damascus.

The Israeli regime conducted airstrikes over the Syrian capital on Friday morning at 00:17 a.m. (2117 GMT), Syrian state media reported, citing a military source.

"Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles and shot down a number of them," the source said.

The aggression caused some material damage, the media outlets said but did not offer any information about any potential casualties.

"The air attacks came from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, targeting a site in the Damascus countryside," the source added.

At least three huge explosions were heard in the capital, the Reuters news agency, meanwhile, reported, citing witnesses.

The Israeli airstrikes came only a day after the regime carried out missile attacks on areas near Damascus from the direction of the 1967-present occupied territory, inflicting some material losses and injuring two Syrian soldiers.

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The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on Syrian territory, which many views as a knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s increasing success in confronting terrorism.

A week earlier, an Israeli airstrike hit the international airport in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, causing some "material damage" to it and knocking it out of service.

Syria’s foreign ministry condemned the Israeli strike -- the third to target the airport in six months. It called the offensive a "double crime," noting that it targeted a civilian airport and a main channel for the flow of aid to areas that had been struck by the devastating earthquake that hit the Arab country and neighboring Turkey in February.

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