Syria says its air defences intercepted Israeli missiles

Air raids came after Lebanese media outlets reported low-flying Israeli jets over Beirut.

Israeli air raids targeted the Damascus and Homs regions in Syria late on Thursday, official Syrian news agency SANA reported, saying that the country’s air defences intercepted several Israeli missiles. SANA cited a Syrian military source as saying that the air raids came from the direction of Beirut, to the southeast. “Our air defence tools have intercepted the missiles and downed most of them, and the aggression’s impact is being assessed now,” the source said.