Aljazeera: Syrian air defences have shot down missiles fired by Israel in the skies over the capital, Damascus, SANA state news agency said early on Friday.
“At around 1:26 am today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from the direction southeast of Beirut, targeting some points in the vicinity of the city of Damascus,” a Syrian military source was quoted as saying in a statement carried by SANA.
“The burden against Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17:1
Syrian TV showed scenes of air defences shooting at targets over the city.
“Our air defence confronted the aggressor’s missiles and shot down most of them, and the losses were limited to materiel,” the statement said.
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