The Syrian army has warned Israel of “repercussions” after rockets struck a major military airbase outside Damascus. Explosions were heard in the capital early on Friday and residents in the city’s southwest suburbs saw a large plume of smoke rising from the area.
Footage on social media showed flames leaping from parts of the Mazzeh military airport compound.
Syrian state television quoted the army as saying several rockets were fired from an area near Lake Tiberias in northern Israel just after midnight which landed in the compound of the airbase, used by President Bashar al-Assad’s elite Republican Guards.
“Syrian army command and armed forces warn Israel of the repercussions of the flagrant attack and stresses its continued fight against [this] terrorism and amputate the arms of the perpetrators,” the army command said in a statement.
The statement did not disclose if there were any casualties, but said the rockets caused a fire.