[News] Syrian air defense systems intercept Israeli rockets over Damascus

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Syrian air defense systems intercept Israeli rockets over Damascus
Al Mayadeen English
February 9, 2024
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Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Syria confirmed sounds of an explosion over
the western Damascus countryside
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   - A photo released by Syrian official news agency SANA shows Syrian
   security forces and civil defense workers searching for victims under the
   rubble of a building that was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in Homs,
   Syria, late Tuesday, February 6, 2024. (*AP*)

*SANA* agency reported that Syrian air defense
<https://english.almayadeen.net/latestnews/2024/2/6/al-mayadeen-s-correspondent--syrian-air-defenses-repelling-a>systems
intercepted Israeli strikes in the vicinity of the Syrian capital,
Damascus, today afternoon.

*Al Mayadeen* 's correspondent in Syria confirmed sounds of an explosion in
the airspace of the western Damascus countryside.

Syria's Defense Minister confirmed earlier on Wednesday that several
civilians were killed and some were injured in an Israeli missile attack
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/several-killed--injured-in-israeli-aggression-on-homs--syria>
on Homs province.

"Today at approximately 00:30 [21:30 GMT on Tuesday], the Israeli enemy
launched an air aggression from a direction north of Tripoli [in Lebanon],
striking a number of positions in the city of Homs and [Homs] province,"
the Ministry said in a statement.

"Our air defenses responded to the enemy's missiles and shot some of them
down. As a result of the aggression, several civilians were killed and
wounded, and public and private property was damaged," it added.

This attack resulted in the martyrdom of seven Syrians and the injury of 13
others.
'Israel' murders IRGC advisor in Syria

A military advisor of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC)
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--kills-irgc-advisor-in-strike-on-south-damascus--syr>
was martyred in an Israeli aggression targeting southern Damascus in the
early hours of February 2, Iranian media reported.

Israeli airstrikes were launched from over the occupied Golan Heights
against a target south of the capital, according to a Syrian military
source, leading to the martyrdom of IRGC advisor to Syria Saeid Ali Dadi.

The source stated that Syrian air defense systems intercepted a number of
Israeli missiles during the aggression.

This comes less than one month after an Israeli strike on a building in the
suburbs of Damascus resulted in the martyrdom of the IRGC's intelligence
advisor in Syria Hojjatollah Omidvar, his assistant, and 3 other members of
the group.

Another senior IRGC commander, Seyyed Razi Mousavi, was killed along with
several of his companions in an Israeli strike on their position in
December last year.
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