Israeli attack | Regime officer killed in air-defence base in eastern Damascus

SOHR activists have documented the death of a regime officer due to the Israeli strikes, in the early hours of Thursday morning, on the air-defence base in Al-Dumayr area in the east of Damascus. Also, three soldiers of regime forces stationed in the base sustained serious injuries.

SOHR sources reported earlier this morning a new Israeli strike on positions in Al-Dumayr area in the east of the capital, Damascus, as Israeli rockets hit a base of the Syrian regime’s air-defence system. The rockets destroyed several air-defence batteries and left casualties among the Air-Defence forces. Meanwhile, air-defence systems launched several surface-to-air missiles, attempting to intercept the Israeli rockets, as they managed to shoot down several rockets.

It is worth noting that Israel acknowledged of the attack claiming that it came as “a response to the fall of a surface-to-air missile on the Occupied Syrian Golan”. The area of Dumayr hosts headquarters and weapons warehouses belonging to the Iranian-backed militias.

Yesterday, SOHR sources reported hearing a loud explosion followed by several explosions on the outskirts of the city of Al-Raheeba in eastern Qalamoun in Rif Dimashq, as a result of explosions in ammunition depots of the “20th Brigade” of the “3rd Division” of regime forces. Flames were seen rising from the ammunition depots for about 3 hours before the regime forces extinguished the fires, while the reasons behind the explosion remained unknown. According to SOHR sources, at least 10 members of regime forces were injured while trying to put out the fires, and they were taken to hospitals in Damascus.