Syrian air defences ‘shoot down’ Israeli missiles over Damascus

Israel carried out ‘an air aggression’ near Damascus early on Friday, a Syrian military source has said.

Syrian air defences have shot down missiles fired by Israel in the skies over the capital, Damascus, SANA state news agency said early on Friday. “At around 1:26 am today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from the direction southeast of Beirut, targeting some points in the vicinity of the city of Damascus,” a Syrian military source was quoted as saying in a statement carried by SANA. Syrian TV showed scenes of air defences shooting at targets over the city.