Israeli strikes near Damascus wound two soldiers, says Defence Ministry

A constructing broken in Israeli missile strikes close to Damascus in Syria. AFP

Two troopers had been wounded in an Israeli missile assault close to the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria's Defence Ministry has stated.

"At round 1.20am, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression from the course of the occupied Golan Heights focusing on a number of positions within the neighborhood of Damascus," Syria's state information outlet Sana reported.

The assault "injured two troopers and brought about some materials losses", it stated.

Syria's air defence intercepted a number of missiles, the ministry stated.

Explosions had been heard within the Syrian capital early on Thursday morning, AFP reported.

Throughout greater than a decade of conflict in Syria, Israel has launched a whole lot of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily focusing on Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters, in addition to Syrian military positions.

Whereas Israel not often feedback on the strikes it carries out on Syria, it has repeatedly stated it is not going to permit Iran to increase a footprint there.

Final week, an Israeli missile strike destroyed a suspected arms depot utilized by Iran-backed militias at Syria's Aleppo airport, a conflict monitor stated.

On March 7, three individuals had been killed in an Israeli strike on the airport that was put out of service. It reopened three days later.

The Syrian conflict broke out in 2011 with the brutal repression of peaceable anti-government protests, and escalated to a lethal armed battle that pulled in international powers and international jihadists.

About half one million individuals have been killed, and round half of Syria's pre-war inhabitants had been pressured from their properties.