Syria downs two Israeli missiles near capital: state media

The Syrian army intercepted two Israeli missiles fired towards a district near Damascus last night, the official SANA news agency said.

According to SANA, "anti-aircraft defences intercepted two Israeli missiles launched against (the district of) Kissweh and destroyed them".

Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that missiles targeted an "arms depot belonging to Hezbollah and the Iranians".