Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Reports indicate Syrian air defenses firing at "hostile objects" over Damascus, strong explosion heard.
Syrian state TV claim defense units are "intercepting hostile targets."
Some saying Israeli Air Force could be involved.

Strong explosions heard in the Mezzeh district of Damascus, Syria.
An airbase, targeted in numerous prior attacks, is located in this area.

https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1165361265277116419

#UPDATE
-Three powerful explosions heard
-Mezze airpor is known to have stationed #Iran's forces & proxy groups

Quoting @InstaNewsAlerts
"Residents in northern Israel reporting intense Israei Air Force activity amid reports of strikes in Damascus, Syria"

@InstaNewsAlerts #UPDATE
Syrian state news agency reports the ongoing attack is targeting sites in Damascus. Regime air defense units continue to engage targets.

@InstaNewsAlerts Some reports claim the Israeli Air Force is targeting a series of #Iran's IRGC & proxy militia sites near Damascus Int'l Airport.

@InstaNewsAlerts #IMPORTANT
@AmichaiStein1 citing an IDF spokesman on latest strikes in Syria:
Israel targeted a number of IRGC Quds Force targets south of Damascus, thwarting an attempt by #Iran to attack Israel with armed drones.

@InstaNewsAlerts @AmichaiStein1 #UPDATE
Unconfirmed reports indicate a large number of Syrian military, IRGC & Hezbollah members (at least 27) were killed in the latest Israeli air strike targeting the Mezze air base southwest of Damascus, Syria.
#Iran

@InstaNewsAlerts @AmichaiStein1 #UPDATE
Reports show #Iran transferred military drones to Aqraba airport (near Damascus Int'l Airport), equipped to target Israeli military positions in the Golan Heights.
Map credit: @evacool_

Israeli Air Force fired 8 missiles targeting:
-Helicopter military airport in Aqraba area, S of Damascus
-Military site of Failaq al-Quds near the Mezzeh military airport
-Military site of the Failaq al-Quds in the Qatana area
-Military site in the Sabura area

Credit: @evacool_

VIDEO:
Massive explosions following an Israeli air strike targeting an #Iran IRGC Quds Force base near Damascus.

#UPDATE
Israeli war planes are conducting many sorties over the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.

#UPDATE
A number of reports are indicating similar casualties numbers following last night's Israeli missile strikes on Syria:

-2 Hezbollah fighters killed
-3 Iranians killed

#Iran's IRGC denies any of its sites being hit.

My take:
The mullahs were hit. And hit hard.

#UPDATE
#Iran's IRGC Quds Force base in the Aqrabeh compound southeast of Damascus was completely destroyed in an IDF air strike, according to an IDF spokesperson.

Image credit: @ImageSatIntl

@ImageSatIntl @almostjingo @drawandstrike @SecStudiesGrp @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgWebb @jjauthor @EmadAlmudaifer @Dalia30 @rising_serpent @HNIJohnMiller IDF spokesperson provides image (L) of the sites targeted through an Israeli air strike near Aqraba, south of Damascus, Syria.

Members of #Iran's IRGC Quds Force and Hezbollah were reportedly killed in the attack.

Right images credit: @evacool_