Israeli Airstrikes Target Damascus Countryside, Syria Says

Israeli Airstrikes Target Damascus Countryside, Syria Says
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AMMAN—Israel launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, Syria’s defence ministry said.

Syrian air defences intercepted Israeli “missiles and shot down some of them,” the ministry said in a statement, adding they caused only material damage.