Israeli missiles - strike near Damascus
BEIRUT: Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles at a military post near Damascus early on Saturday, causing material damage but no casualties, Syria’s state-run news agency reported.
The airstrike came as violence resumed in the Damascus suburbs after days of calm while the government and opposition delegations attended peace talks in Geneva.
The Israeli military did not comment on the missile attack, which occurred shortly after midnight on Friday, targeting a military area near suburb of Kiswah.
SANA, the state news agency, said the missile attack caused material damage but gave no details. The report also said that Syrian air defenses shot down two of the Israeli missiles.
Israel has carried out a number of air strikes against suspected arms shipments believed to be bound for Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the opposition’s Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the missile attack targeted an arms depot near Kiswah where the Syrian army’s 1st Division is based.
He added that there is Iranian and Hezbollah presence in the area.
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