Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Syria reported that the air defenses successfully intercepted some hostile objects off the Syrian coast early Thursday morning. It was also related that the sounds heard in Latakia and Tartus were directly related to the interception.

Footage also showed explosions on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Jableh, south of Latakia, coinciding with reports of activated air defenses.

Footage circulating online captures an explosion on the outskirts of Jableh, #Syria, following reports that air defenses intercepted hostile objects over the Syrian coast. pic.twitter.com/CxnCxxBbW8

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Earlier, on Wednesday, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced the martyrdom of three civilians and injuries to three others due to an aerial assault carried out by the Israeli occupation on a residential building in the Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus.

Prior to that, on Tuesday, a Syrian military source reported that the Israeli occupation launched an aerial assault using fighter jets and drones from the occupied Golan Heights, targeting several sites in Damascus. This attack resulted in the martyrdom of three civilians, injuries to nine others, and significant damage to private properties.

Additionally, the General Authority for Radio and Television in Syria stated that one of the martyrs was journalist Safaa Ahmed.

Two US occupation bases in northeastern Syria hit by missile strikes

A Syrian field source told Al Mayadeen that US occupation bases in the Conoco and al-Omar oil fields in Syria's Deir Ezzor governorate were targeted targeted by missiles.

The source reported that "The US base in the Conoco field was hit by more than 10 missiles ... As a result of the strikes, a fire broke out in the area of the base."

According to the source, the US facility in the al-Omar field was also targeted with missiles.

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