Syrian air defense has prevented a rocket attack on Damascus, reports from the state media. The state news agency SANA reported at night that „enemy targets“ had been intercepted. The rockets were launched from the Golan Heights into Syrian territory.
The Syrian Human Rights Observatory blamed Israel for the attack. This was directed against militias supported by Iran near the capital, the observatory based in Great Britain reported.
Several missiles had reached their targets, including an arms store near Damascus Airport. The observatory is based on a network of whistleblowers in Syria. Your information can often hardly be checked by an independent party. Israel did not comment on the incident.
Several attacks on Syria
Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria against the rulers of Bashar al-Assad, Iranian targets and militias allied with Iran since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Iran is on the side of ruler Bashar al-Assad in the conflict.
A few days ago, at least 23 fighters of Syrian government forces and Iranian militias were killed in suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria, according to the Human Rights Observatory.
