Report: Israel Targeted Military Research Center in Syria

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Ynetnews reports: Israel reportedly attacked a military scientific research center in the Jamraya area on the outskirts of Damascus late Monday night, according to media affiliated with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

According to Al Mayadeen, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, Israel fired six missiles, with three of them intercepted by Syria’s aerial defense systems. So far, there have been no reports of casualties or damage.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported “violent explosions” shaking Damascus and its surrounding area caused by missiles fired by Israeli warplane and targeting places near Jamraya. The Observatory, which cited unnamed sources, said there were also “flashes in the shelling area believed to be caused regime’s air defense launching its missiles to intercept.”

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