Syrian state media on Tuesday night reported Israel carried out
...KABOOM!...
s in the nation’s south, close to the Israeli border.
Local media reported that air defenses short down several missiles around half past midnight.
State news agency SANA and state TV added that the "Israeli aggression" struck al-Harra hill that is home to Syrian army posts adding that it only caused material damage and did not inflict any casualties.
According to Rooters Western intelligence sources have said the area is home to several Iranian-backed militias.
| The Jerusalem Post adds: |
This area had long been an outpost for Russian forces but was later taken by Iranian-backed militias, according to Western intelligence sources.
Tel Haraa is a strategically located area in southern Deraa province overlooking the Israeli-held Golan Heights. It was for many years a major Russian military radar outpost until rebels took it over in 2014 before it was again recaptured by the Syrian army last year.
The zone has been a target of Israeli raids against Tehran-backed militias which have become entrenched in southern Syria and the Golan Heights near the border with Israel.
| And more from the Jerusalem Post |
The Syrian news agency reported that the IDF carried out an attack on several targets that were Iranian and Hezbollah militia sites.
New reports say that a missile fell on a base and several people have died and others wounded.
This is a developing story.