Planes believed to be Israeli struck inside Syria on Sunday , the Syrian government and an opposition group said , but the two entities differed over whether the targets belonged to the Syrian military . The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency characterized the strikes as `` a flagrant attack on Syria , targeting two safe areas in ( the ) Damascus countryside in Dimas and near Damascus International Airport . '' There were no casualties , SANA reported . But a London-based opposition group , the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , said `` warplanes believed to be Israeli '' struck a `` military area '' in Dimas , a Damascus suburb . The airport target was an import-and-export warehouse , and it was not clear whether the warehouse contained weapons , SOHR said . `` There were at least 10 explosions heard in the area , and it is not known at this moment if there are any injuries as a result of these two raids , '' the SOHR statement said . The Syrian army released a statement saying the strikes caused `` material damage to some facilities '' and reiterating the SANA claim that the targets were civilian . `` This attack proves Israel 's direct involvement in supporting terrorists in Syria against which the Armed Forces achieved significant victories in Deir Ezzor , Aleppo , and other areas , '' the statement said . `` The General Command asserted that such acts of aggression will not dissuade it from continuing its war on terrorism in all its forms across the entirety of Syria . '' U.S. options in Syria shrivel as Islamists and Assad regime make gains . Israel did not immediately respond to the claim but has declined in the past to comment on what it calls `` foreign reports . '' The government of Syria 's President Bashar al-Assad is engaged in a long-running civil war which has seen some conflict spill over into neighboring countries . In March , after a bomb injured four Israeli paratroopers in the Golan Heights , Israeli forces responded with artillery fire aimed at Syrian military targets across the frontier , the IDF said . Israel then followed up with airstrikes . `` We will not tolerate any violation of our sovereignty and attacks against our soldiers and civilians , and we will act unwaveringly and with strength against all those that are acting against us , at every time and every place , '' Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said . `` We see the Assad regime as responsible for what is going on in its territory , and if it continues to cooperate with terror organizations that are trying to attack Israel , we will continue to extract a heavy price from him , in a way which will make him regret his actions . '' In October 2013 , Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia , an Obama administration official told CNN . The target , according to the official , was missiles and related equipment the Israelis feared might be transferred to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah . The official declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information . Asked for comment on that strike , an Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman told CNN , `` We do n't refer to foreign reports . '' Life in the rubble of Kobani .
Status unclear , though state - run news agency calls strikes a ` ` flagrant attack on Syria '' Strikes caused ` ` material damage to some facilities , '' but mostly civilian , it says . Opposition groups says one strike was ` ` military base , '' the other a bombing at airport .