Syrian Air Defenses Thwart ‘Israeli’ Aggression on Damascus

By Staff, SANA

Syria said the country’s air defenses thwarted an ‘Israeli’ aggression on the capital Damascus amid an upsurge in ‘Israeli’ attacks on the Arab country.

State-run SANA news agency said Syria’s missile defense systems had confronted the ‘Israeli’ attack on the capital Damascus’ western countryside in the early hours of Wednesday.

SANA, however, added that the ‘Israeli’ assault, which was carried out on the southwestern town of al-Zabadani in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, claimed the life of a Syrian soldier and left three others injured.

"Our air defense confronted some of the missiles, which caused one martyr and led to the wounding of three soldiers as well as material damage," SANA quoted a military source as saying.

The incident comes days after Syria’s air defense forces repelled a Zionist airstrike on the western Hama province.

The Zionist regime frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the resistance movement Hezbollah which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists.

The Arab country has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the ‘Israeli’ regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.