Damascus: The Syrian regime’s military on Tuesday accused the Israeli regime of launching several missiles targeting military outposts near the capital, Damascus, claiming that regime air force shot down one of the Israeli projectiles.
In a statement, the regime’s army said its air defence confronted the early morning missile attacks that were launched from Lebanese airspace on the outposts in the area of Qutayfeh in the Damascus countryside on Tuesday. It said several missiles were first launched at 2:40am, followed by two more missiles at 3:04am and four at 4:14am.
The regime said the air defence shot down one missile and the rest fell on one of the military sites, causing material damage.
Tel Aviv declined to comment on the matter.
Israel has carried out dozens of air strikes inside Syria in the course of Syria’s civil war, against what it says are suspected arms shipments believed to be bound for Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside regime forces. Tuesday’s strike was the first this year.
The Syrian regime statement described the attack as a “flagrant Israeli aggression” and renewed its warning of the dangerous repercussions of such attacks, holding Israel “fully responsible for its consequences”.
Syrian opposition-affiliated media reported Israeli planes targeted a Syrian army depot. The target could not be independently confirmed. Qutayfeh is in the northeastern suburbs of Damascus where Syrian Republican Guard units are known to have major outposts.
