Syrian air defenses were activated against a missile strike near the airport in the capital of Damascus early on Tuesday, according to local television reports, claiming it was carried out by Israel.
The UK-based Observatory for Human Rights, a Syrian opposition group, said that two soldiers were wounded just south of the capital in an area housing pro-Iranian militia forces. The targets of the strike were linked to Iran and included a weapons storage facility.
At least four missiles were fired from fighter jets, targeting the area around the Damascus international airport.
Syrian SANA news agency said two people were injured and there was some material losses due to the attack.
The Saudi Arabian Al Arabiya channel reported that one of the targets was an anti-aircraft battery that was recently positioned near the airport, and the strike occurred soon after an Iranian plane landed there.
The last reported Israeli attack in Syria was on Nov. 13 and killed two Syrian soldiers and wounded three others when airstrikes hit an airbase in the province of Homs.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses specific operations.
Israeli leaders have in the past acknowledged striking targets in Syria and elsewhere in what it says is a campaign to thwart Iranian attempts to smuggle weapons to proxies, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group or to destroy weapons caches.
Last week, Israel’s military chief of staff strongly suggested that Israel was behind a Nov. 8 strike on a truck convoy in Syria.
The Associated Press contributed to this report