An initial report from SANA stated that the missiles came from the “direction of the occupied territories”  and Israeli media assumed that meant their country.

Unconfirmed reports from Damascus suggest that the strikes targeted the city’s airport. 

The Israeli military has previously launched missiles into Syrian territory. In November, a number of Israeli projectiles were shot down near military positions in the country’s south. Israeli officials later claimed that the attack was a response to rocket fire from Syria into northern Israel.

Israel is not involved in Syria’s eight-year civil war, but does regularly target what it says are Iranian military targets in the country. Tel Aviv warns Damascus not to respond to the attacks, which the Syrian government says are a violation of international law.

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