BEIRUT —
Israeli strikes early Monday hit a military outpost and weapons depot operated
by Hezbollah near the Syrian capital
Damascus, a war monitor reported Monday.
اضافة اعلان
“Sites operated by the
Lebanese Hezbollah group ...
in the east Qalamoun region, northeast of Damascus, were hit by Israeli strikes
at dawn,” the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The war monitor, which relies on sources inside
Syria, said that the attack sparked fires “in military outposts and arms depots
belonging to Hezbollah”.
The observatory said there were believed to be
casualties but it did not offer a toll.
Asked about Israeli strikes near Damascus, Israeli
forces told AFP: “We do not comment on reports in the foreign media.”
Official Syrian state media said the attack caused
only material damage, without elaborating on its intended target.
“At 3:05am today, the Israeli enemy carried out an
aerial assault with a volley of missiles ... targeting some points on the
outskirts of Damascus,” SANA news agency said.
“Our air defenses responded to the attack and
intercepted some” of the missiles, it added.
Israel rarely comments on the air strikes it carries
out in Syria but has said repeatedly it will not allow its archfoe Iran to
extend its footprint in Syria.
Since civil war
broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on
Syrian territory.
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