Syria Activates Air Defence Against "Israeli Aggression": State Media

Israeli planes arrived from Lebanese air space, reported state media Sana, which said there had been "explosions in Damascus".

Syria's air defence system has been activated against an "Israeli aggression" in Damascus, state news agency Sana said late Tuesday. Israeli planes arrived from Lebanese air space, reported Sana, which said there had been "explosions in Damascus". The news agency gave no indication of any deaths or damage. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported "violent explosions felt in Damascus and around the city, followed by Israeli strikes on military positions" of the Syrian army. The air strikes targeted an area "close to Damascus's international airport, as well as a Syrian air force battalion in the Dumayr region", around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Damascus, where "explosions took place at arms depots", according to the Observatory.