Syria's defense ministry said on Thursday that the Israeli military launched airstrikes on targets in the capital Damascus as well as near the central city of Homs, resulting the death of one soldier.

(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,

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. (

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.

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,