Two Syrian soldiers were injured on Thursday by Israeli airstrikes near Damascus, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced.
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Around 1:20 a.m. (10:20 p.m. Paris time on Wednesday), the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial assault from the occupied Golan Heights, targeting several positions in the vicinity of Damascus," the ministry said, without further details on the facilities
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The attack caused two injuries in the ranks of the army as well as material damage, he added.
Explosions shook the Syrian capital at dawn, according to an AFP correspondent on the spot.
The ministry claimed that the Syrian air defense intercepted several missiles.
Hundreds of airstrikes in Syria
In recent years, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, against regime positions as well as Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces, allies of Damascus and sworn enemies of Israel.
Israel rarely comments on strikes on a case-by-case basis, but says it wants to prevent Iran from gaining a foothold on its doorstep.
Israel has notably struck twice since the beginning of March the airport of Aleppo, a city in the north of the country where groups under the control of Iran and its allies have great influence.
A first raid killed three people on March 7, and the second caused material damage on March 22.