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According to the SOHR, the positions are centers for developing weapons in Barzeh and Jamraya in Damascus Countryside.
No casualties have been reported.
Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38...
special forces cordoned off the sites, and an ambulance arrived.
In turn, Syria's state news agency said early on Friday that air defenses shot down missiles fired by Israel in the skies over the capital Damascuss.
"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 published on state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
.Syrian TV showed scenes of air defenses shooting at targets over the city.
"Our air defense confronted the aggressor's missiles and shot down most of them, and the losses were limited to materiel," the statement said.
The Israeli military declined comment on the reported strike in Syria.
Reports: Israel destroyed Syrian missile battery that fired toward Tel Aviv area
[IsraelTimes] The Israeli Air Force struck and destroyed a Syrian missile battery after it launched a missile that went
kaboom!near central Israel early Friday morning, according to Hebrew media reports Friday evening on Channel 12 and Army Radio.
The Syrian air defense missile flew over Israeli skies before exploding over the Mediterranean Sea, the Israel Defense Forces said. Missile fragments were later found in the Tel Aviv area. Incoming rocket warning sirens were not sounded, in keeping with the military’s policy of not triggering alarms for projectiles headed toward unpopulated areas.
The Syrian military fired the missile in response to what Syrian state media said were Israeli
...KABOOM!...
s near Damascus. Israeli officials believe the missile was not intentionally fired at Israeli territory.
According to Channel 12, those Israeli strikes apparently targeted an advanced weapons facility, possibly a Hezbollah site for the production of precision-guided missiles. The report did not cite any sources.
There were no reports of injuries or damage in Israel as a result of the fallen missile fragments.