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| Israeli jets 'strike near Damascus' - Syrian state TV | |
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| Israel has been accused of carrying out two air strikes on Syria near the capital Damascus, according to Syrian and Lebanese television reports. | |
| Israeli planes bombed the area near Damascus international airport and the town of Dimas, media reports said. Residents said they heard explosions. | |
| No casualties were reported. There has been no confirmation of the air strikes from Israel. | |
| Israel has conducted several air strikes on Syria since 2011. | |
| Syrian state TV said the "Israeli enemy" had carried out "trespassing aggression" with the two air strikes. | |
| However, an Israeli army spokesman told Reuters he would "not relate to the foreign reports". | |
| The Israeli air force has conducted several attacks on Syria since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011. | |
| Many previous air strikes are thought to have targeted weapons being transported to the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. | |
| The Israeli military has also attacked Syrian military sites in retaliation for attacks on the occupied Golan Heights. | |
| Israel seized the region from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Middle East War, and thwarted a Syrian attempt to retake it in 1973. | |
| The two countries remain technically in a state of war, and UN observers are deployed to monitor a 70km-long (44-mile) demilitarised zone. |