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17:43, 02-Dec-2017
Syria army intercepts Israel missiles near Damascus
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Syrian air defenses intercepted at least two Israeli missiles fired at a "military position" near the countryside of capital Damascus early Saturday, state media reported.
"At half past midnight (2230 GMT Friday), the Israeli enemy fired several surface-to-surface missiles at a military position in Damascus province," the state SANA news agency reported.
"The air defenses of the Syrian army were able to deal with the attack... destroying two of the missiles," it said, adding that the attack nonetheless caused "material damage."
London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war through a network of contacts in Syria, said the attack hit near al-Kiswa town south of Damascus, causing loud explosions.
The Israeli air force has said it struck arms convoys of the Syrian military and Lebanon's Hezbollah nearly 100 times during more than the six years of the Syrian civil war.
Source(s): AFP
,Reuters