Four Syrian soldiers were injured and material damage was reported after a suspected Israeli airstrike on Damascus on Wednesday night, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA.
The strikes apparently came from the Golan Heights and Lebanon, with Lebanese media reporting that Israeli planes were flying over large parts of Lebanon.
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Damages were allegedly shown on social media from the Damascus area, although it is still unclear whether they were caused by Israeli missiles or anti-aircraft missiles.
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The strikes come after a series of cargo flights between Syria and Iran have been reported in recent weeks.
The airstrikes are the ninth since January, with attacks attributed to Israel reported every month in eastern, southern and western Syria since the beginning of the year.
The last suspected Israeli airstrikes on Syria were reported on March 16, with a suspected Israeli airstrike near Damascus after several cargo flights between Iran and Syria were allegedly flown earlier in the day.
The Syrian Capital Voice website reported that the strikes were an arms shipment that arrived at Damascus International Airport earlier in the day. According to the news source, explosions were also reported after the strikes, stating that it was probably caused by burst ammunition.
The strikes also come as tensions in the region escalate in the wake of a series of reported maritime attacks between Iran and Israel and as Iran meets with European and US officials to discuss a possible return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the formal name for the nuclear deal signed in 2015 between the Islamic Republic and the world powers.
On Tuesday, the Iranian Saviz ship, attached to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, was allegedly attacked with an explosion that slightly damaged the vessel. A US official told the New York Times that Israel had told the US that they were responsible for the attack.
“The Saviz civilian ship was stationed in the Red Sea region and the Gulf of Aden to establish maritime security along the shipping lane and to counter piracy,” an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. According to the ministry, no casualties were reported.
The U.S. Navy Institute reported last year that the Saviz, although officially listed as a merchant ship, was likely a covered IRGC forward base. Tasnim confirmed this on Tuesday, saying the ship had been stationed in the Red Sea in recent years to support Iranian commandos escorting commercial vessels.
According to Mariv, the Jerusalem Post’s sister publication, and The Wall Street Journal, ten and ten strikes by Israel and Iran were reportedly carried out on each other’s seagoing vessels in places ranging from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.