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Israeli jets conducted another series of airstrikes against Syrian targets south of Damascus, Syria’s state media reported early Monday morning, the second such strike in one week.
The operation was carried out just as a surprise military drill covering Israel’s entire northern region was announced.
According to the Syrian reports, air defense batteries intercepted Israel’s “hostile” attacks, lobbed from the skies over the Golan Heights, shooting down the missiles aimed at the capital.
While no casualties were reported by government officials, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition group based in Britain, claimed that at least nine soldiers belonging to Iranian militias aligned with President Bashar Assad’s regime were killed.
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At least one person was killed and three more injured in an early Wednesday morning airstrike near the Syrian capital, Damascus, that was attributed to the Israel Air Force. It was the second such raid in less than a week, signaling a possible uptick in Israeli military activity in the region.
The Syrian State News Agency claimed that air defense batteries were triggered by the strikes and that they managed to push back a number of the airborne intruders. According to reports by Syrian opposition groups, the attack targeted weapons depots belonging to Hizbullah, the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group whose soldiers have in recent years supported Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country’s ongoing civil war.