(Times of Israel) – Syrian state media said early Thursday that Israel launched strikes against several targets near Damascus and claimed the country’s air defenses downed a number of missiles. “Our air defenses confronted an Israeli attack” west of the capital, said state news agency SANA, adding that the attack was carried out from “occupied Syrian” airspace in the Golan heights.
They “were able to shoot down most of the enemy missiles before they reached their targets”, SANA said. AFP correspondents in several districts of Damascus heard loud explosions around 1:15 am (2315 GMT). State television broadcast images showing explosions in the sky. SANA specified that the Israeli strikes targeted the al-Kiswah area– already targeted several times in the past — but also Marj al-Sultan and Jisr Baghdad. READ MORE
