Syrian state news agency SANA said Israel conducted an air attack on Saturday from the occupied Golan Heights and Lebanon, targeting military positions in Syria.
Citing an unnamed military source, the agency said the attack at around 2:00 am (2300 GMT) had targeted positions in central and southern Syria.
The attack prompted Syria to activate its air defenses, SANA said, as Israel announced it was launching “precision strikes” in neighbouring Iran.
“Our anti-aircraft defense is confronting hostile targets in the skies around Damascus,” state news agency SANA reported on Telegram.
SANA had previously reported the “sounds of explosions” in the vicinity of the Syrian capital.
For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), an NGO with an extensive network of sources in Syria, reported that “Israeli aircraft targeted a Syrian army air defense position in the Suweida region,” in southern Syria.
“Anti-aircraft defense was activated” in several regions of the country, including Homs (center) and Damascus and the surrounding area, in an “attempt to target Israeli aircraft crossing Syria's airspace,” Rami Abdulrahman, director of SOHR, told AFP.
With AFP
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