Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli rocket attack overnight near Damascus, a source close to the armed forces told the official SANA news agency.
“The Israeli enemy carried out an air strike in the early hours of the morning, firing several rockets from Tiberias, targeting several targets on the outskirts of Damascus,” the source said.
“Our air defenses fired several missiles,” according to initial reports, “four soldiers were killed, three others were wounded” and “property damage was reported,” the same source told SANA.
Correspondents from AFP and Reuters reported earlier that they had heard loud explosions in the Syrian capital.
Since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes, almost all from the air, against positions of the Syrian government’s armed forces as well as their allies, Iranian and pro-Iranian armed groups, especially the Shiite militia.
The Jewish state rarely confirms or publicly comments on these blows, but often states that it will not allow Iran, its sworn enemy, to build a bridgehead or extend its influence over Syrian territory.
The complex war in Syria, in which foreign forces and jihadist organizations have intervened, has claimed the lives of at least half a million people since 2011, destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure and turned millions into internally displaced persons and refugees.
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