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| Israeli strikes said to target pro-Iran stronghold near Damascus | |
| 2024-02-29 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Syria makes regular claim most missiles shot down but admits material losses; attack reportedly takes place in neighborhood where pro-Iran forces thought to have underground bases Israeli strikes caused damage to sites near Damascus Wednesday night, Syria’s defense ministry said, in what appeared to be the latest attack in an intensified campaign against Iran-backed forces in the country. “The Israeli enemy launched air strikes from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a number of sites in the Damascus countryside,” the ministry said in a statement carried by state media. It claimed that most missiles were shot down, a regular assertion on alleged Israeli strikes that analysts are generally skeptical of. “The losses were limited to material,” Syria’s official SANA outlet reported. The Israel Defense Forces did not comment on the strike. An AFP correspondent in the Syrian capital heard explosions followed by the sirens of ambulances. Pro-Iranian Lebanese television al Maydeen said a large explosion was heard in the heavily fortified Sayeda Zainab neighborhood of the Syrian capital, home to a major Shi’ite shrine. It gave no further details. Regional intelligence sources say Iran’s Quds Force and militias it backs, whose presence has spread in Syria in recent years, have a strong presence in the Sayeda Zainab neighborhood. The neighborhood is in southern Damascus, where Iran-backed groups have a string of underground bases.
On Sunday, an Israeli strike on a truck in Syria near the Lebanese border killed two Hezbollah members, according to source close to Lebanese terror group. A day later, Israel struck a site deep inside Lebanon, in the Baalbek region near the border with Syria, which is thought to be used as a major route for weapons transfers. | |
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