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Syria thwarts 'Israeli aggression' near Damascus airport

  • by Thibaud Popelin
  • in Monde
  • — Sep 16, 2018
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Israel struck in Syria on Saturday night, targeting an area near the airport in Damascus, Syrian state media reported.

"Our air defense systems thwarted an Israeli missile aggression", the source said. "The missiles, suspected to be Israeli, destroyed an arms warehouse near the Damascus worldwide airport", Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

The Israeli military would not confirm the claim, saying it does not comment on foreign reports.

No information about damage or casualties on the ground is available so far.

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Local sources reported the strike was aimed at Iranian military targets near the airport, and said at least four explosions were heard, adding there appeared to be an attack on an underground compound near the airport.

Israel rarely acknowledges attacks inside Syria, but has said it is its policy to employ military action to prevent weapons transfers to its enemies. A war monitoring group said the attack targeted an arms depot for Iranian forces or Lebanon's Hezbollah group.

The 202 targets hit in Israeli airstrikes since 2017 were mostly shipments of advanced weaponry, as well as military bases and infrastructure, which the IDF officials said drove Iranian forces to abandon some posts. Israel says it is alarmed by the expansion of operations by Iran and Hezbollah in Syria.

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