"The results of the aggression so far were limited to a strike on one of the warehouses at Damascus airport," the SANA news agency cited a military source as saying. The attack took place at 11:15 p.m. (2115 GMT), it said.
Israeli warplanes last struck targets in Syria on Christmas Day. In that incident, Israeli aircraft flying over Leb fired missiles toward areas near Damascus, hitting an arms depot and wounding three soldiers.
Israeli drones and warplanes were heard flying Friday afternoon over Leb.
Israel is widely believed to have been behind a series of
s in Syria that have mainly targeted Iranian and Hezbollah forces fighting alongside the Syrian government.Israel launches first strikes in Syria this year
[ALMASDARNEWS] For the first time this year, the Israeli Air Force has launched several missiles towards the Syrian capital city of Damascus.
According to local sources, the Israeli missiles targeted the vicinity of the Damascus International Airport; this prompted the Syrian military to activate its air defenses to intercept the projectiles.
The sources added that the Syrian military was able to intercept several of the Israeli missiles, but some had reached their intended targets near the airport.
They would add that a military warehouse was heavily damaged as a result of this attack by the Israeli Air Force.
A source in Syrian Ministry of Transport confirmed to SANA later that the Damascus International Airport traffic was not affected by the strikes.
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These were near the airport and around the Kisweh area south of Damascus, the observatory said.