Syrian air defenses were activated in the capital Damascus and its southern suburbs Sunday night to repel an Israeli missile attack, state media reported. There was no word on casualties.
State TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that most of the Israeli missiles were shot down before reaching their targets near Damascus.
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According to an outlet affiliated with anti-regime elements, the alleged Israeli strike was aimed at Iranian-backed militias in southern Syria. This comes amid Israeli accusations that Iran was behind a recent attack on an Israeli-owned vessel near Oman.
Israel views Iranian entrenchment on its northern frontier as a red line.
The attack comes after the United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups.
The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a US service member and other coalition troops.
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