A Syria war observer said explosions on Sunday rocked an area near Damascus that houses weapons depots used by the ousted government of Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosions in the Kisweh area, south of the Syrian capital, may be the result of an Israeli airstrike.
The Israeli army, which has attacked many military sites in Syria since the fall of Assad, said AFP in Jerusalem he did not attack the place.
The Britain-based Observatory, which has a network of sources in Syria, said “loud explosions echoed across the wider area of the capital.” The explosions occurred “in ammunition depots of former regime forces… near the city of Kisweh,” causing a thick cloud of smoke to rise over the site, the Observatory said.
A AFP A video journalist saw small fires burning in the blackened rubble of a collapsed building on the outskirts of the town of Kisweh. There were other single-story buildings nearby that were not damaged.
The explosions continued until Sunday night and echoed in the surrounding area, the journalist said.
Israel, which rarely comments on its actions in neighboring Syria, has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against military sites since rebel forces overthrew Assad and seized Damascus last month.
Israel has said it seeks to prevent weapons from falling into hostile hands. More recently, the Observatory said Israeli warplanes attacked now-defunct Syrian army sites in the Aleppo area on Friday.
In late December, the Observatory said 11 people were killed in an explosion at a weapons storage facility in the Adra area, northeast of Damascus, adding that it was possibly the result of an Israeli attack. Israel denied any involvement.
