The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Seventh attack in 2022 | Israel targets weapons warehouse of Iranian-backed militias near Damascus international airport

SOHR activists have reported hearing violent explosions in Damascus and Rif Dimashq, at 5 am on Monday, when regime air-defence system attempted to intercept Israeli missiles fired from the occupied Syrian Golan. The Israeli missiles targeted posts and weapons warehouses of Iran-backed militias in the vicinity of Damascus international airport. No causalities have been reported yet.

This is the seventh Israeli attack on the Syrian land since early 2022.

SOHR reliable source documented, in February, four Israeli attacks that targeted military positions of the regime and the Iranian factions in Al-Qunitrah and Rif Dimashq provinces. The attacks that were conducted with long-range missile and fighter jets caused the death of eight persons: five Syrian, including a lieutenant, three members of Iranian-backed factions whose nationality whether Syrians or not remain unknown.