SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Israel has once again struck targets in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday, marking the third such strike in a week, Syrian state media reported.
According to the Syrian military, multiple Israeli missiles were fired at bases near Damascus in the early hours of Thursday.
However, the Syrian air defenses had “confronted the missile aggression and downed most of them,” the military said while noting that the attack did not cause casualties.
The scene of the Israeli strike was followed by similar strikes on Friday and Monday.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
The strike Friday was the first such attack since Sept. 17, when an attack on Damascus International Airport and nearby military posts south of the Syrian capital killed five soldiers.
Israel has acknowledged, however, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
The attacks on the airports in Damascus and Aleppo are over fears it was being used to funnel Iranian weaponry into the country.
