Russian radar has detected two ballistic "objects" fired towards the eastern Mediterranean from the central part of the sea, the country's defence ministry has reportedly said.

Interfax news agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying the launch was detected at 10.16am Moscow time (7.16am Irish time) by an early warning radar station at Armavir, near the Black Sea, which is designed to detect missiles from Europe and Iran.

The Russian Embassy in Syria said there were no signs of a missile attack or explosions in capital city Damascus.

No missiles fired 

Despite reports that Israel had claimed the launch was a joint test with America, a US Navy spokesman said no missiles had been fired from any of its ships in the Mediterranean.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had informed President Vladimir Putin of the launch, according to Interfax.

"The trajectory of these objects goes from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern part of the Mediterranean coast," 

Washington is currently assessing whether to order sea-launched strikes against Syria with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attempting to convince Congress of the need to intervene.

US Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham, who are both campaigning for action, met the President to discuss operations.

 

Mr Graham stated "It is all in the details, but I left the meeting feeling better than I felt before about what happens the day after and that the purpose of the attack is going to be a little more robust than I thought."

Meanwhile, Mr McCain said in an interview that Mr Obama did not reveal what weapons might be provided to the opposition in Syria or discuss in what targets might be attacked.

"There was no concrete agreement, 'OK, we got a deal,’" Mr McCain said.

"Like a lot of things, the devil is in the details." he added.

It came as Foreign Secretary William Hague answered questions on the Syria crisis in Britain's Parliament.

France has previously released satellite images it claims showed strikes which came from government-controlled areas to the east and west of the Syrian capital and targeting rebel-held zones.

They maintain that this was before civilians began dying from gas poisoning.

President Bashar al Assad has warned that Syria would retaliate if France takes part in foreign strikes on his forces.