DAMASCUS – Syrian state media said on Saturday air defenses had confronteda “hostile target” breaching the country’s air space west of the capitalDamascus in the early hours of the morning.

State news agency SANA, quoting its correspondent, said there were reportsof “air defenses confronting a hostile target breaching the skies above thearea of Deir al-Asha’ir in the Damascus countryside.”

The area is close to the Lebanese border.

Syrian air defenses were activated in a similar way over west Damascus lastThursday night.

SANA suggested Israel was to blame for the incursions.

“In the past few weeks, the Israeli enemy has attacked military positions,”it said.