Al Jazeera :
Israel fired several missiles towards Syrian military positions near Damascus, causing material damage, Syria’s military has said.
State media quoted an unnamed military official on Friday as saying that the attack took place shortly before midnight on Thursday, adding that some of the Israeli missiles were shot down by Syrian air defences.
The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the missiles hit positions of Iran-backed fighters southwest of the capital, near the suburb of Qatana.
There was no comment from the Israeli military.
Israel has staged hundreds of attacks on targets in Syria over the years, but rarely acknowledged or discussed such operations.
