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Latest Israeli strikes kill 11 in Syria: monitor
DAMASCUS, Sept 1, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – A total of 11 people, mostly
military personnel, were killed in the overnight Israeli missile strikes on
the capital Damascus and Daraa province in southern Syria, a war monitor
reported on Tuesday.
The death toll includes three Syrian soldiers, seven pro-Iran fighters,
and one civilian, who were killed in the Israeli strikes that targeted a camp
for pro-Iran fighters near the international airport of Damascus, and in the
al-Kiswah area south of Damascus as well as the air defense battalion in
Daraa, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
On the previous night, state news agency SANA said two Syrian soldiers
were killed and seven others were wounded by an Israeli missile attack that
targeted military sites south of the capital Damascus.
Citing a military statement, the report said the attack was carried out
from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It added that the
Syrian air defenses intercepted most of the missiles before reaching their
targets.
Throughout the Syrian crisis, Israel has carried out hundreds of
airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, as well as convoys transporting
weapons to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia allegedly
backed by Iran.
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