Israel has launched fresh airstrikes in Syria plunging the Middle East into further crisis.

According to reports Syrian air defences intercepted projectiles off the coast of Jableh, a city on the north west coast.

As many as 30 missiles are claimed to have been fired.

Syrian news outlets are saying that an ammunition storage facility had been struck n the vicinity of Khmeimim Air Base and Bassel al-Assad airport in Jableh.

It has also been claimed that a Russian plane was involved in an attempt to intercept projectiles over Jableh where it’s Kheimim airbase is located.

The Daily Express reports: This development follows just hours after Syria’s official SANA news agency reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in Damascus last night, resulting in three fatalities and injuring at least three others. An Associated Press reporter on the ground observed that the missile seemed to have hit the ground floor of a four-story block of flats.

Israel, which often conducts operations against Iranian-affiliated targets in Syria without officially acknowledging them, has not commented on the incident.

Another Syrian media source, @syr_television, tweeted: “Syrian TV sources: The Israeli bombing began at 3:55 and ended at 4:41, with thirty missiles from naval battleships.” They also claimed: “Sources to Syria TV: Israel bombed the Hmeimim base an hour after the arrival of an Iranian plane belonging to the Qashim Fars company.”

Israel has reportedly launched fresh airstrikes in Syria tonight, plunging the Middle East into further crisis and sparking fears of all-out war. A fresh blitz was said to be underway in the port city of Tartus, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

It followed airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon just hours after the international community called for calm in the region.

Joe Biden had said earlier: “We’ve been determined to prevent a wider war that engulfs the entire region. A diplomatic solution is still possible. In fact, it remains the only path to lasting security.”

But reports said the situation had deteriorated even further, with Syrian air defences intercepting eight targets off the coastal city of Tartus earlier today.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors violence, said multiple explosions were heard over the city.