Syria says Israel hits southern Damascus area in second strike in week

Military defectors said the strike targeted a military base in Jabal Mane Heights close to the Syrian Golan Heights along the border with Israel that had been hit earlier. Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria last Wednesday.

The Syrian army said early on Wednesday that Israeli air strikes hit an area in the southern outskirts of Damascus where military defectors say there is a strong Iranian military presence, in the second such attack within a week.

A Syrian army statement said Israel struck from the occupied Golan Heights and caused only material damages. Military defectors said the strike targeted a military base in Jabal Mane Heights close to the Syrian Golan Heights along the border with Israel that had been hit earlier.

Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria last Wednesday. Israel has frequently attacked what it says are Iranian-linked targets in Syria in recent years, and stepped up such attacks over the past year in what Western intelligence sources describe as a shadow war to reduce Iran's influence.

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