[Regnum] The outskirts of Damascus were subjected to an Israeli air strike. The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced this on January 2.
The defense department clarified that the strikes were carried out at 4:35 local time (which coincides with Moscow time) from the Golan Heights.
“A number of positions in the suburbs of Damascus” were attacked, causing material damage.
As Regnum reported, Israel launched a strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on December 17. Army positions in the Dimas area came under missile attack, and the air defense system went off. No casualties or injuries were reported.
Israel captured the Syrian Golan Heights during the 1967 Six-Day War. In 1981, the Knesset (parliament) passed a law establishing Israeli sovereignty over this territory. UN Security Council Resolution 497 of December 17, 1981 invalidated the annexation.
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In a short statement, the IDF said it struck "infrastructure" belonging to the Syrian Army. It did not elaborate on where the targets were located, or how the strikes were carried out.
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A Syrian military statement cited by official mouthpiece SANA said the air attack came from the direction of the Golan Heights at 4:35 a.m., and that "material losses" were caused to the targeted sites.
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The IDF said the strike came after five rockets had been fired from Syria at northern Israel on Monday night, falling in open areas and causing no injuries or damage. Sirens sounded in the southern Golan Heights communities of Avnei Eitan and Nov.
Israel said it had also shelled the launch sites with artillery immediately following the attack.
UK-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the Israeli strike Tuesday morning targeted a Hezbollah position in the town of Kanaker, some 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the Israeli border on the Golan Heights, resulting in unspecified casualties.
The information from the opposition watchdog, which has been accused of inflating losses of Syrian regulars and allied forces, could not be verified.
Recent days have seen several alleged sorties carried out against sites in Syria as part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to prevent Iran
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