Syrian air defense missile is seen in the sky over Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 6, 2020. Syria's air defense was triggered early Thursday by a fresh Israeli missile attack over the capital Damascus, Syrian state TV reported. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, as people there heard powerful explosions, said the report. The air defense intercepted several missiles, and the exact targets are not clear, it said. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

 
Syria's air defense was triggered early Thursday by a fresh Israeli missile attack over the capital Damascus, Syrian state TV reported.

The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, as people there heard powerful explosions, said the report.

The Israeli strikes targeted military sites in the Kisweh area, Marj Al-Sultan and Jisr Baghdad, and the Syrian air defense intercepted several missiles, it said.

Syrian air defense missile is seen in the sky over Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 6, 2020. Syria's air defense was triggered early Thursday by a fresh Israeli missile attack over the capital Damascus, Syrian state TV reported. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, as people there heard powerful explosions, said the report. The air defense intercepted several missiles, and the exact targets are not clear, it said. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

 

Syrian air defense missile is seen in the sky over Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 6, 2020. Syria's air defense was triggered early Thursday by a fresh Israeli missile attack over the capital Damascus, Syrian state TV reported. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, as people there heard powerful explosions, said the report. The air defense intercepted several missiles, and the exact targets are not clear, it said. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

 
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, the strikes targeted Iranian-backed forces in the Kisweh area, brigade 75 in the west of Damascus, the Mazzeh military airbase and Syria's Scientific Studies Center.

Throughout the Syrian crisis, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, as well as convoys transporting weapons to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia allegedly backed by Iran.