ISRAEL launched another missile attack against Syria on Tuesday night, state media reported, with a number of rockets intercepted by air defence systems.

“At 22.35 (8.35pm GMT) this evening, the Israeli enemy carried out an aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights on some targets in the Damascus area,” a military source confirmed. 

“Our air defences intercepted the attack and shot down most of the missiles,” the source said, adding that there had been no casualties.