DAMASCUS, Syria, July 1 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s air defences were triggered on Sunday evening, by a fresh Israeli missile attack, that targeted military sites around the capital, Damascus, and in the central province of Homs.
The air defences responded to “enemy targets” around Damascus, more specifically in the south-western countryside of the capital, succeeding to intercept six missiles.
The Syrian air defences also responded to another simultaneous missile attack in the central province of Homs.
The attack was carried out by Israeli war planes, which conducted the offensive from inside Lebanese airspace.
Some civilian properties, such as homes, in the suburbs of Damascus suffered some damage.
The attack was first felt when a big explosion was heard in Damascus, followed by consecutive smaller explosions.
It’s not the first missile attack to target Syria, as similar Israeli attacks have repeatedly targeted Syrian military sites in Syria.
On June 12, the Syrian air defences intercepted Israeli missile attack, before day break, in the southern province of Daraa, causing damage.
On June 2, a total of three Syrian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded, by an Israeli missile strike, on military sites in the south of the country.
On June 4, Israel targeted the T-4 air base in the central province of Homs.
The Syrian government has repeatedly charged that Israel supports terror groups in Syria and its repeated strikes are nothing but a way to lift the rebels’ morale.
Meanwhile, Israel has conducted hundreds of air strikes in Syria, throughout the eight-year conflict, most of them against what it says were targets of Iranian-backed militia groups, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Israel says, it is determined to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where Teheran backs President Bashar al-Assad.– NNN-SANA
