Several explosions were heard in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday night as the country's air defenses opened fire on "objects" coming from the direction of Israel, state media reported.
On Saturday, Syrian media said air defenses successfully thwarted another "hostile attack" from Israel, presumably referring to missiles or aircraft.
In both attacks, state news agency SANA said that Syrian air defenses discovered "hostile targets" coming from the direction of the Quneitra region on the edge of the Israeli side of the Golan Heights.
The news agency said that Syrian air defenses shot down several "objects."
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, reported three explosions southwest of Damascus. It added that it was not immediately clear if the Friday explosions were caused by Israeli airstrikes or surface-to-surface missiles.
The Observatory's chief, Rami Abdurrahman, told The Associated Press that the supposed attack on Friday appeared to have targeted the area of Kiswah, which is home to positions and storage sites for Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah forces allied with the Syrian government.
Last month, SANA said that an alleged Israeli airstrike on a military position in central Syria wounded six soldiers and destroyed several buildings.
Israeli officials declined to comment on the report on Friday, but Israel recently acknowledged striking Iranian targets in Syria. There was no comment on the alleged incident on Saturday.
Iran is an ally of Damascus and has provided military and material support to help President Bashar Assad's government forces in the eight-year civil war.
Israel considers Iran a national security threat and has repeatedly warned it would not tolerate Iran's presence on its borders.
