Syria intercepts Israeli missiles over Quneitra countryside - state media

A picture taken early on 21 January, 2019 shows Syrian air defence batteries responding to what the Syrian state media said were Israeli missiles targeting Damascus [STR/AFP/Getty Images]

Syrian air defences intercepted Israeli missiles over Quneitra province in the country’s southwest, state media reported early on Thursday, Reuters reports.

“At 00:30 on Thursday our air defence monitored Israeli warplanes coming from northern occupied Palestine towards Saida, and several missiles were fired from Lebanese airspace towards the central area,” state media quoted a military source as saying.

The missiles were intercepted successfully, the source added.

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