Syrian media reports that ‘Syrian defense systems were activated and a number of missiles were intercepted’; IDF: ‘Israel does not comment on foreign reports’; earlier, loud explosions were reported but Syria claimed that it was part of ‘controlled detonation of terrorist tunnels.’
The Saturday night attack shook the capital Damascus as blasts were heard in the city. Syrian media quoted an unnamed military official without giving further details.
Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missile attack targeted an arms depot near the airport where new weapons recently arrived for the Iranians or Lebanon’s Hezollah group.
Israel rarely acknowledges strikes inside Syria but has said it would use military action to prevent weapons transfers to its enemies.
“Our air defense systems thwarted an Israeli missile aggression on Damascus International Airport,” Syrian state news agency SANA cited a military source as saying.
