Syria continues to be subjected to airstrikes.

Syrian state media reported that the country's air defenses repelled an Israeli missile attack today (December 2) targeting objectives in the vicinity of the capital Damascus. Syria claimed to have shot down most of the Israeli missiles.

The Syrian Ministry of Defense later stated that Israel had carried out an airstrike, directed from the Golan Heights towards several points in the vicinity of Damascus. No casualties were reported, but some infrastructure was destroyed, Reuters reported.

Israel attacked a chemical plant in Syria in 2020.

The Golan Heights is a disputed region between Syria and Israel, but is currently under Israeli control.

Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against its northern neighbor since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. These attacks have primarily targeted Iranian-backed forces, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, and Syrian army positions, according to Arab News.

The frequency of Israeli airstrikes on Syria has increased amid the Hamas-Israel conflict that erupted on October 7. Hamas is an ally of Hezbollah.

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The Israeli military declined to comment when asked by AFP about the latest attack. Israel rarely speaks out about individual airstrikes targeting Syria, but it has repeatedly stated that it will not allow its arch-enemy Iran to expand its presence there.

Israeli airstrikes on November 26th rendered Damascus airport inoperable, just hours after flights had resumed following a similar attack a month earlier.

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