(Bloomberg) -- Israeli aircraft operating from Lebanese airspace attacked a military site outside the Syrian capital, Damascus, early Wednesday, Syrian state TV reported.
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors Syria's civil war through a network of activists on the ground, said the target was a scientific research center in Jamraya.
The army's general command warned Israel of “grave consequences” to its actions, the report said. The Israeli military declined to comment.
The Syrian government has repeatedly accused Israel of attacking military sites on its soil. Israeli officials have warned that they will not let Syria become an Iranian base and will intercept weapons shipments bound for Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dana Khraiche in Beirut at dkhraiche@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Alaa Shahine at asalha@bloomberg.net, Amy Teibel, Abbas Al Lawati
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