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BEIRUT — Syrian air defence units shot down three Israeli missiles that were targeting a military post near the capital, Damascus, only days after the Jewish state hit a military position nearby, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.

There was no Israeli comment on the incident.

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SANA did not say whether some of the missiles hit the target and did not give any word on casualties. It said the attack occurred around midnight on Monday.

The attack comes three days after Syria said Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles at a military post near Damascus, causing material damage but no casualties.

“Our air defence units confronted an Israeli aggression with missiles on one of our military posts in the countryside of Damascus and shot down three of them” SANA said.

The opposition’s Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack was an Israeli airstrike on the Damascus suburb of Jamraya, which is home to a government research centre.