Israel Strikes Car on Damascus Airport Road: State Media
Anti-regime fighters drive past a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad along the Aleppo- Damascus M5 international highway in the newly captured northwestern area of Khan al-Assal on November 29, 2024. ©Omar Haj Khadour / AFP

An Israeli airstrike hit a car on the Damascus airport road on Tuesday, causing it to explode, Syria's official news agency SANA reported.

"A car exploded after it was targeted in an Israeli aggression on the road to Damascus International Airport," SANA reported, citing a police source.

It did not say who was targeted or if there were any casualties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said one person was killed and another wounded in an Israeli drone strike, without specifying who was targeted.

However, Sky News Arabia reported that it was an attempt to assassinate a Hezbollah figure

Since Syria's war broke out in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria, mainly targeting the army and Iran-backed groups, including Hezbollah.

Israel rarely comments on such strikes but has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran to expand its presence in the country.

With AFP

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