There were no immediate reports of casualties in the air strike, which Syria said hit a civilian area in the Sayeda Zeinab region south of the capital.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry calls for ‘urgent action’ from the UN to stop ‘Israeli aggression’ against civilians.

The Israeli army claimed responsibility for airstrikes Monday targeting several locations south of the Syrian capital Damascus, saying it struck sites linked to the intelligence unit of the Lebanese Hezbollah group. Israel normally refrains from publicly acknowledging attacks on Syrian territory.

Israel's military said its air force struck the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah's Syrian branch in a strike on Damascus on Monday, an attack a war monitor said killed two people. It was a rare acknowledgement by Israeli authorities of an attack ...

Israel launched strikes on Damascus and a military site near Homs, killing one soldier and injuring seven. The attacks coincide with US diplomatic efforts to halt regional conflict.

The Israeli strikes targeted the central Damascus neighborhood of Kafr Sousa and a military site in the Homs countryside, killing one soldier and injuring seven other people, the ministry said in a statement.

Lebanon said Israel struck locations across the country on Tuesday, killing one person, as the Israeli military said it struck a Hezbollah weapons depot in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border.- Syria strike - Also on Tuesday,