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1st LD: Israel launches fresh missile attack on Syrian military base near Damascus

Xinhua,December 05, 2017 Adjust font size:

DAMASCUS, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Israel launched a missile attack against a Syrian military base in the countryside of the capital Damascus on Monday night, the state news agency SANA reported.

The Syrian air defenses responded to the attack, destroying three of six missiles targeting the military base in the town of Jamraya, some 8 km northwest of Damascus, said the report.

People in Damascus heard the powerful sound of explosions at the time of the airstrikes near midnight.

The military research center in Jamraya was hit by Israeli jets on May 5, 2013. Enditem