Israeli missiles hit army base near Damascus: Reports
Israeli missiles attacked a military position near Damascus overnight and Syria's air defence system thwarted them, Syrian state television said on Saturday. The "blatant assault" led to material losses at the site in the countryside around the capital, it said.
As Al Jazeera reported, an Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on reports of the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the missile attack was likely carried out by the Israeli military and targeted several government military bases in Al Kiswah on the southwest outskirts of Damascus.
Sources told Al Jazeera that the Israeli raid was aimed at government military sites and positions of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and that the sound of large explosions caused by the raid was heard in Damascus and its surroundings.
The Observatory further reported power outages in many areas of the Syrian capital. According to Syria's state-run SANA news agency, pro-government forces managed to destroy two of the missiles in a response attack.