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Israel Hits Airport, Military Sites In Syria

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Syria said Friday that it was hit by Israeli air strikes, with explosions heard overnight in and around the capital of Damascus. Authorities said the country’s air defense systems were activated following the strike, but there was no immediate confirmation from Israel.

The Syrian Army reportedly said that the Israel Air Force attacked several targets in the Damascus area “from Lebanon’s airspace” and that the attacks caused damage.

State media had also said missile strikes coming from the direction of the “Israeli-occupied Golan Heights” targeted several sites since Thursday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a well-informed opposition-linked monitoring group in London, said an attack attributed to Israel occurred at Damascus airport.

The Syrian Ministry of Defense stated that “Israel attacked several areas in the southern region. Our air defense dealt with the missiles and shot down most of them.”

The ministry also said that damage was caused due to the attack, but there were no reports of causalities.

Besides the Damascus airport, the strikes were believed to have targeted a Syrian army air defense base and a radar station in the Tel al-Sahn area in the Sweida province in southwestern Syria, military sources said.

Since the October 7 massacres by Hamas on Israeli civilians and soldiers, the Jewish nation has escalated its strikes on Iranian-backed militia. Besides hitting Hamas, Israel also hits other groups and their sites, including in Syria. Israel also struck Syrian army air defenses and some Syrian forces, Worthy News learned.

Earlier this week, Iran accused Israel of eliminating senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commander Reza Mousavi in an air strike attributed to Syria.