Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israeli missile barrage targeting the vicinity of the capital Damascus, state media reported early on Monday, citing a military source.
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The source was quoted as saying by state-run SANA news agency that the interception resulted in some material damage and no casualties.
Monday morning's alleged strike came within hours of a Houthi missile attack on Abu Dhabi as President Isaac Herzog was visiting the UAE.
In recent years, essentially since Iran initiated its efforts to establish a military presence in Syria, Israel has reportedly carried out hundreds of attacks on Iranian personnel, weapons, and arms shipments to Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist group. Israel has even claimed responsibility for some of these strikes.
In early January, IDF tanks fired toward Syria while carrying out operations on the Golan Heights. Troops "identified a number of suspects at military positions adjacent to the [IDF] force's location. The force fired flares and warning shots" from tanks, "causing them to flee to Syrian territory," the army said.
In mid-December, Israeli missiles reportedly hit targets in southern Syria, killing one soldier and causing extensive damage.
A week earlier, Syria's military claimed Israeli warplanes fired missiles on the port of the coastal city of Latakia. It was a rare attack on the port, a vital facility where much of Syria's imports are brought into the war-torn country. According to Israel's Kan 11 News, weapons earmarked for Hezbollah were being stored in the containers.
Also in December, the Washington Post reported that Israel twice struck chemical weapons facilities in Syria over the past two years in a campaign to prevent Syria from renewing chemical weapons production.
In an interview with Army Radio, Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern would not directly comment on the Washington Post report but hinted that Israel could not accept such weapons in the hands of its enemy to the north.
"We have a neighbor who has already proved that it doesn't hesitate to use chemical weapons even against its own people," he said. Syrian President Bashar "Assad must not have chemical weapons."
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