Damascus, May 9 (AFP) The Syrian army intercepted two Israeli missiles fired towards a district near Damascus last night, the official SANA news agency said.

According to SANA, "anti-aircraft defences intercepted two Israeli missiles launched against (the district of) Kissweh and destroyed them".

Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that missiles targeted an "arms depot belonging to Hezbollah and the Iranians". (AFP)

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