Israel launched a missile attack against a Syrian military base in the countryside of the capital Damascus late on Monday, 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, Xinhua cited the report as saying. People in Damascus heard the powerful sound of explosions at the time of the airstrikes near midnight.

Syrians make their way through debris following a reported air strike in the rebel-held town of Beit Sawa, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on December 3, 2017. Pic/ AFP