The Syrian air defense responded to a suspected Israeli air strike near Damascus on Tuesday night, according to a number of cargo flights between Iran and Syria, according to Syrian media earlier in the day. According to a Syrian military source, the alleged Israeli strike on sites near Damascus claims that most of the incoming missiles were intercepted and, according to SANA, only material damage was done.
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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, according to the news source, explosions were also reported after the strikes. The news source added that the 1st division of the Syrian army in Al-Kiswah was also alert after the airstrikes. Independent flight detection centers reported earlier Tuesday that a number of Iranian and Syrian flights from Qeshm Air, Mahan Air and the Syrian air force, all reportedly used to smuggle Iranian weapons to Syria and Lebanon, traveled between Damascus and Tehran. .
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if (window.location.pathname.indexOf (“656089”)! = -1) {console.log (“hedva connatix”); document.getElementsByClassName (“divConnatix”)[0].style.display = “none”;}The last suspected Israeli airstrike reported in Syria was reported on February 28 with attacks on Iranian targets near Damascus. The attacks in February took place a few days after a commercial vessel attacked by Israel in the Gulf of Oman. While Israeli media reported that the strikes were an Israeli response to the attack on the ship, no official government or military statement was made about it. In the past, the IDF has often confirmed when responding to specific attacks. The strikes on Tuesday come as Iran places the blame on Israel for a series of alleged attacks on Iranian vessels that they say took place from 2019 to recent weeks. since January, with strikes attributed to Israel reported in January and February in eastern, southern and western Syria. Israel has hit a wider range of targets than usual since the beginning of the year, including a major attack on Iran’s fortresses to the east, near the east near the Iraqi border. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in February that Israel was acting “almost weekly” to prevent Iranian entrenchment in Syria. Tensions remain high in the region following the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh just east of Tehran, who blames Iran on Israel, and the first anniversary of the US assassination of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in January. The northern border of Israel also remains tense due to the continuing threats by the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organization to carry out a revenge attack on Israel in response to the death of a Hezbollah militant in Damascus in July in an air strike by the Jewish state be accused. The Biden government’s intention to return to the nuclear deal with Iran has also been raised in recent months, with Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi states that he has ordered that operational plans to halt Iran’s nuclear program would be ready if necessary.Reuters contributed to this report.