‘Israeli airstrikes’ near Damascus: monitor
Beirut, (MILLATR ONLINE):Israeli fighter jets bombed areas near the Syrian capital Damascus late Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
“Israeli planes targeted the Jamaraya region near Damascus including a scientific research centre and warehouses where weapons and ammunition of the regime and its allies were stocked,” Rami Abdel Rahmane, director of the Britain-based monitoring group told AFP.
The exact target was not immediately identified.
An AFP correspondent in the capital also heard loud explosions.
“Our air defences blocked an Israeli missile attack on one of our positions in Damascus province and downed three of the targets,” Syrian state media said.
Israel has acknowledged carrying out airstrikes in Syria since the outbreak of the bloody war in the country six years ago to stop arms deliveries to Hezbollah forces.