Israeli army shot down what it identified only as “a target” over the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hours after hitting a position near Damascus airport. “The Patriot Aerial Defense System intercepted a target above the Golan Heights,” the official Israeli army Twitter account said, without elaborating.
Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz said a massive explosion near Damascus International Airport on Thursday was ‘consistent with Israeli policy’, but stopped short of confirming his country was behind it. “We are acting to prevent the transfer of sophisticated weapons from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon by Iran,” Katz told ...