Israeli surface-to-surface missiles on Saturday morning attacked Syria's military base near Damascus. Although Syria's air defence system thwarted two of the missiles, several Iranian soldiers were killed and wounded in the attack. According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli raid was aimed at government military sites and positions of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement. The report says the sound of large explosions caused by the raid was heard in Damascus and its surroundings.
Although Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the missile attack was likely carried out by the Israeli military and targeted several government military bases in Al Kiswah on the southwest outskirts of Damascus.
The Observatory further reported power outages in many areas of the Syrian capital.
Syria's state-run SANA news agency says some of the missiles defence system managed to destroy two of the missiles in response attack.
"The Israeli enemy fired after midnight at 12:30 several ground-to-ground missiles at a military location in the countryside of Damascus, where our air defences intercepted and destroyed two missiles,"
