Israeli strikes hit the outskirts of Damascus, Syrian military says
ABC News
The Syrian military says Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus
Damascus -- Israeli airstrikes hit several sites on the outskirts of Syria's capital, Damascus, the Syrian military said Saturday.
The strikes came from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syrian state news agency SANA reported, citing an unnamed military official. It added that air defenses shot down some and those that landed resulted in “some material losses.” It was not immediately clear if there were casualties.
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
The strikes come as tensions across the Middle East grow with the Israel-Hamas war and a drone attack last month that killed three U.S. troops in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border.
The Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said one of the strikes hit a residential building west of the capital and may have killed “figures of non-Syrian nationalities” but did not give more details. The observatory said Saturday's assault was the 10th apparent Israeli strike on Syrian territory since the beginning of the year.
