{"id":895,"date":"2023-08-13T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimpress.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2023-08-13T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:18:07","slug":"syrian-capital-rocked-by-explosions-but-no-immediate-word-on-source-or-target-of-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muslimpress.com\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"Syrian capital rocked by explosions but no immediate word on source or target of attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-highlight\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Israel has also targeted the international airports in Damascus and the northern Syrian city of Aleppo several times over the past few years, often putting it out of commission<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2354271\/middle-east\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1581406606963-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">DAMASCUS: Violent explosions were heard from missile stockpiles of pro-Iran militias east of Syria\u2019s capital Damascus before dawn on Sunday, a war monitor said.<br \/>\nResidents of the Damascus region heard the blasts which came from \u201cthe warehouses of pro-Iran militias\u201d in a mountainous area east of the capital, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria.<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t know if it was from an air strike or ground operation,\u201d Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.<br \/>\nDuring more than a decade of war in Syria, neighboring Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters, as well as Syrian army positions.<br \/>\nSyria\u2019s official news agency SANA said during the night that \u201cthe sounds of explosions\u201d had been heard on the outskirts of Damascus.<br \/>\nFour Syrian soldiers and two Iran-backed fighters were killed last Monday in pre-dawn Israeli air strikes near Damascus, the Observatory said at the time, in the latest deadly Israeli air raid to hit war-torn Syria\u2019s capital.<br \/>\nThe air strikes targeted Syrian regime forces, as well as military positions and weapons depots used by armed groups supported by Tehran, the monitor said.<br \/>\nWith Iranian as well as Russian support, the government of Syria\u2019s President Bashar Assad has clawed back much of the territory it had lost to rebels early in the conflict, which broke out in 2011 and has pulled in foreign powers and global jihadists.<br \/>\nIsrael rarely comments on strikes it carries out on targets in Syria, but it has repeatedly said it would not allow its arch foe Iran to expand its footprint there.<br \/>\nSyria\u2019s war has killed more than half a million people and displaced millions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel has also targeted the international airports in Damascus and the northern Syrian city of Aleppo several times over the past few years, often putting it out of commission DAMASCUS: Violent explosions were heard from missile stockpiles of pro-Iran militias east of Syria\u2019s capital Damascus before dawn on Sunday, a war monitor said. 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