Syria: Israeli missiles hit Damascus suburbs wounding troops

BEIRUT — Syrian authorities media said the country’s aerial defenses responded Saturday to missiles fired from Israel toward suburbs of the superior Damascus, wounding 2 Syrian soldiers.

State quality bureau SANA quoted an unnamed subject authoritative arsenic saying that aerial defenses changeable down respective incoming surface-to-surface missiles from bluish Israel conscionable earlier noon, and that damaged was caused too the wounding of the soldiers.

Israeli attacks connected Syria mostly hap during nighttime.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a warfare show from the Syrian opposition, said the Israeli missiles deed northwest of Damascus. The areas contains arms depots for Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, and positions of the Syrian subject and Iran-backed militias, it added.

Saturday’s strikes came days aft Syria accused Israel of carrying retired an onslaught successful the country’s south, without offering details.

Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against Iran-linked subject targets successful Syria implicit the years but seldom acknowledges oregon discusses specified operations.

Israel has acknowledged it is targeting bases of Iran-allied militias, specified arsenic the almighty Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. It is going aft arms shipments believed to beryllium bound for the group. Hezbollah is warring connected the broadside of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces successful the civilian war.

Israel views Iranian entrenchment connected its bluish frontier arsenic a reddish line, and it has repeatedly struck Iran-linked facilities and weapons convoys destined for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.