Three Syrian soldiers were wounded in overnight Israeli strikes near Damascus, regime media reported Wednesday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the airstrikes targeted three positions south of Damascus that are arms depots for Lebanon's Hezbollah group and Iranian forces.
Regime television acknowledged that arms depots were targeted, but it did not elaborate. It said that most of the missiles were shot down by air defense units.
The TV, quoting an unnamed military official, identified the warplanes as Israeli.
The Observatory said the Israeli missiles were launched from above the Lebanese territories and targeted western and southwestern Damascus rural areas.
Lebanese state-run National News Agency said Israeli war planes performed mock raids above southern Lebanon.
Israel's military spokesman's unit did not confirm the raids, but said in a statement that "an aerial defense system was activated against an anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria."
No damage or injuries were reported by the Israeli military.
The attack near Damascus is the first since US President Donald Trump announced last week that the US will withdraw all of its 2,000 forces in Syria.
Following the announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would "continue to act against Iran's attempts to entrench itself militarily in Syria, and to the extent necessary, we will even expand our actions there."
Israel is widely believed to have been behind a series of airstrikes in the past that mainly targeted Iranian and Hezbollah forces fighting alongside the government in Syria.
Tuesday's attack is the first since a missile assault on the southern outskirts of Damascus on November 29.
