Israel strikes Damascus outskirts

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported Israeli strikes near Damascus, where AFP correspondents said they heard loud explosions.

"Israeli air strikes targeted the outskirts of the capital Damascus," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

On Wednesday, Israeli air strikes targeted sites in the coastal Latakia and Tartus provinces.

"Israeli warplanes launched air strikes" targeting "military sites" including "the Latakia port" as well as warehouses in neighboring Tartus province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that "Israeli warplanes continue to destroy what remains of Syria’s military arsenal for the fourth consecutive day since the fall of the former regime".