Israel launched strikes on Syrian capital Damascus early on Thursday, the Syrian state media said, the latest such attack amid the war in Gaza. Explosions were heard over the city after Israel targeted a residential building in the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa,

Explosions were heard over Syria's Damascus early on Thursday after Israel launched strikes on the city, Syrian state media said. No further details were immediately available. Israel has been carrying out strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria for years,

Israeli strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs early on Thursday killed one soldier and injured seven, the Syrian defence ministry said.The attacks targeted the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military site in the Homs countryside,

Syrian state media said a car exploded on Monday in the Mazzeh district of Damascus which is home to embassies and security headquarters but it did not specify the cause of the blast. The official SANA news agency reported "a car explosion in one of the neighbourhoods" of Mazzeh,

Initial reports indicate a car explosion in the Mazzeh area of Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media said, following earlier reports of a blast heard in the vicinity.