Syrian Air Defence Respond to Rocket Attacks Near Damascus, Homs - State News Agency 00:57 01.07.2019(updated 01:06 01.07.2019) Get short URL 0 80 Syrian air defence has responded to a missile attacks in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus as well as Homs and managed to down a number of rockets, Syrian State News Agency reported. Also, a correspondent reported from the scene that a series of powerful blasts rocked the skies over Damascus. Meanwhile, Lebanese TV-channel Al-Mayadeen reported that explosions also heard on the Syria-Lebanon border, corresponding in time with Israeli aviation's low-altitude flights in the south...