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A missile over Damascus (Youssef Badawi/EPA)
The Israeli military carried out overnight attacks on Iranian targets in Syria, while Syrian state media reported the country's air defences shot down "hostile targets".
Russia's
defence control centre was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying
Syrian military air defences destroyed more than 30 Israeli cruise
missiles and guided bombs during the raids.
An attack targeting an airport in southeastern
Damascus killed four Syrian soldiers and wounded six, the military
centre was quoted by RIA news agency as saying on Monday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said the toll of the raids was 11 people."We have started striking Iranian Quds targets in Syrian territory. We warn the Syrian Armed Forces against attempting to harm Israeli forces or territory," Israel's military said in a statement in the early hours of Monday. The Israeli military's confirmation that it was striking targets inside Syria as the operation was ongoing was "highly unusual".
