Syrian army fires at hostile target in skies over Damascus countryside

The syrian army fired on a “hostile target” in the town of Daraya, west of the capital, Damascus, Syrian state media said late on Tuesday.

The nature of the target was not immediately clear and the report did not say if it had been brought down in the action. Photos published by state news agency SANA, however, showed damage to a two-storey building and debris strewn over cars.

Islamic Jihad official targeted in Syria

The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said Israel targeted the house of one of its officials in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing one of his sons.

Syrian state media earlier reported that at least two people were killed and six wounded in an attack in the early hours that targeted a building in Damascus, without saying who had been targeted or who had carried out the attack.

An Islamic Jihad official confirmed it was the same incident in which the home of political leader, Akram Al-Ajouri, was struck. In a statement, Islamic Jihad blamed the attack on “the Zionist criminal enemy”.

Syrian state media identified the building as a civilian home located near the Lebanese embassy in Mezzah, a western district of the capital that is home to Damascus University and many foreign embassies.

They reported that at least two people were killed and six wounded in the attack.

In recent years, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria against its regional arch foe Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah, which it calls the biggest threat to its borders.