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Syrian Air Defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Tal al-Hara in southern Syria and shot down a number of missiles, Syrian state news agency SANA said early on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n Located in Daraa Governorate, Tal al-Hara is considered as a strategic hill overlooking the occupied Golan Heights<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n The missile attack resulted only in damage and Israel then conducted an \u201celectronic war\u201d in which radars were subjected to interference, SANA added.<\/span><\/p>\n Last week, Syrian state media said\u00a0Israeli missiles were fired<\/strong><\/span><\/a> toward a Syrian military base in Homs,\u00a0a day after Israel confirmed it had struck<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Syrian targets on Saturday in retaliation for rocket fire<\/strong><\/span><\/a> toward the Golan Heights.<\/span><\/p>\n Israeli intelligence assessments recently warned that\u00a0Iran\u00a0and the Lebanon-based militant group\u00a0Hezbollah\u00a0may initiate incidents that would lead to an escalation in the Golan Heights, as part of Tehran’s efforts to combat U.S. sanctions and Israeli strikes against Iranian forces in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n Last week, a U.S. official told Reuters that Washington believes Russia may be more amenable than in the past to addressing U.S. and Israeli concerns about Iran\u2019s influence, including in Syria, when national security leaders meet in Jerusalem this month.<\/span><\/p>\n The United States announced last week that John Bolton, White House national security adviser, would meet his Israeli and Russian counterparts in Jerusalem in June<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. But it provided no details about the meeting, which comes at a moment of heightened tension between Washington and Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n The senior Trump administration official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, described the meeting as an \u201cunprecedented diplomatic opportunity\u201d for discussions on Syria – where all three countries have been involved militarily.<\/span><\/p>\n But beyond discussions to prevent any unintended military escalation, the U.S. official said the goal of the talks would be \u201cto see how we can potentially work together to get rid of the primary irritant in the Middle East, which is the Islamic Republic of Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n