Israeli strike near Syrian capital Damascus kills six fighters: Reports
A media report claimed that Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles, which it said were fired from Syria s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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BEIRUT: Israel fired several missiles early on Monday targeting areas near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syria s state news agency reported. An opposition war-monitoring group said the strikes killed six Iran-backed fighters.
The SANA news agency claimed that Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles, which it said were fired from Syria s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor with a network of activists on the ground, said the strikes hit positions of the Syrian army s Fourth Division in the mountains near the highway that links Damascus with the Lebanese capital of Beirut.