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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Loud Blasts Heard at Syrian Mezzeh Airbase Near Damascus

Smoke rising near Damascus, outdated photo by Reuters

A series of explosions were heard late Saturday in al-Mezzeh airbase near Damascus with smoke and fire reported rising.

A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, attributed the blasts to Israeli strikes, and said they led to deaths and injuries, Reuters reported.

However, regime media quoted a military source as saying that the strikes heard from the direction of the military airbase were caused by an explosion at a munitions dump due to an electrical problem, not by Israeli strikes.

"Mezzeh airbase has not been exposed to any Israeli aggression," the source said.

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