The pro-Hezbollah al-Manar television channel said that an explosion at fuel tanks and warehouses near Syria's Damascus International Airport early on Thursday had likely been caused by an Israeli air strike.

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It added that initial indications were that the blast had caused only material damage and not deaths.

Hezbollah, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad, is involved in the fighting in Syria's civil war.

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