Israel Reportedly Attacks Syrian Facility, In An Escalation

The facility in question, in the Damascus suburb of Jamraya, was also targeted by Israel in January.

“The night skies turned into day as red and orange flames lit up the outskirts of Damascus in the early hours of Sunday,” Rasha Elass reports for NPR’s Newscast desk. “Suburban residents say they were startled out of bed around two in the morning, and could not sleep the rest of the night as explosions and the sonic boom of fighter jets rocked the city outskirts.”

Videos from activists in Damascus purport to show the explosions. Al Jazeera spoke with one resident who said the blasts felt like “an earthquake.” You can hear her account, as told to the agency, and see the amateur footage in this video

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