DAMASCUS: Syrian air defenses were activated in the capital Damascus and its southern suburbs Sunday night to repel an Israeli missile attack, state media reported. There was no word on casualties.
State TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that most of the Israeli missiles were shot down before reaching their targets near Damascus.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against Iran-linked military targets in Syria over the years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel views Iranian entrenchment on its northern frontier as a red line, and it has repeatedly struck Iran-linked facilities and weapons convoys destined for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.
The attack comes after the United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups.
The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a US service member and other coalition troops.
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Syria reports Israeli missile attack near capital, Damascus
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Syria reports Israeli missile attack near capital, Damascus
- Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against Iran-linked military targets in Syria over the years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations
- Israel views Iranian entrenchment on its northern frontier as a red line
Iran’s president apologizes over crackdown as nation marks 1979 Islamic Revolution anniversary
- Masoud Pezeshkian: I know the ‘great sorrow’ felt by people in the protests and crackdown
- Iran’s president insists that his nation is ‘not seeking nuclear weapons’
DUBAI: Iran’s president apologized on Wednesday to “all those affected” by the nationwide protest and bloody crackdown that followed it. President Masoud Pezeshkian also denounced unspecified “Western propaganda” surrounding the protests.
Pezeshkian said he knew the “great sorrow” felt by people in the protests and crackdown, without directly acknowledging the hand Iranian security forces had in the bloodshed.
“We are ashamed before the people, and we are obligated to assist all those who were harmed in these incidents,” Pezeshkian said. “We are not seeking confrontation with the people.”
Pezeshkian also insisted that his nation was “not seeking nuclear weapons … and are ready for any kind of verification.” His comments came during a speech at a commemoration marking Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran is in the midst of negotiations with the United States over its nuclear program.
It remains unclear though if a nuclear deal will be reached. President Donald Trump has threatened to send another aircraft carrier to pressure Iran.
Meanwhile, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been unable for months to inspect and verify Iran’s nuclear stockpile.
Pezeshkian said he knew the “great sorrow” felt by people in the protests and crackdown, without directly acknowledging the hand Iranian security forces had in the bloodshed.
“We are ashamed before the people, and we are obligated to assist all those who were harmed in these incidents,” Pezeshkian said. “We are not seeking confrontation with the people.”
Pezeshkian also insisted that his nation was “not seeking nuclear weapons … and are ready for any kind of verification.” His comments came during a speech at a commemoration marking Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran is in the midst of negotiations with the United States over its nuclear program.
It remains unclear though if a nuclear deal will be reached. President Donald Trump has threatened to send another aircraft carrier to pressure Iran.
Meanwhile, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been unable for months to inspect and verify Iran’s nuclear stockpile.
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