Israel launched strikes on Syrian capital Damascus early on Thursday, the Syrian state media said, the latest such attack amid the war in Gaza. Explosions were heard over the city after Israel targeted a residential building in the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa,

An explosion was heard in the area surrounding Syria's Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Enas Alashray; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.

A car bomb exploded in the area surrounding Syria's capital Damascus on Thursday, wounding one civilian, state TV reported. The man lost a leg in the blast, the report added. (

(Reuters) -Israeli strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs early on Thursday killed one soldier and injured seven, the Syrian defence ministry said. The attacks targeted the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military site in the Homs countryside,

Explosions were heard over Syria's Damascus early on Thursday after Israel launched strikes on the city, Syrian state media said. No further details were immediately available. Israel has been carrying out strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria for years,