Syrian soldier wounded in Israeli strike near Damascus: State media

AFP , Tuesday 22 Aug 2023

A Syrian soldier was wounded late Monday in an Israeli airstrike near the capital Damascus, the official news agency SANA said.

Damage caused to a building following a reported Israeli missile strike aimed at Iranian and Hezboll
Damage caused to a building following a reported Israeli missile strike aimed at Iranian and Hezbollah targets in the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP

 

The agency had earlier reported that Syria's air defences had intercepted "hostile targets" in the Damascus area, without further details.

"The Israeli enemy carried out an attack with missiles sent from the occupied Golan Heights... wounding a soldier and causing material damages," SANA said.

Separately, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said "Israeli missiles targeted at least three regime sites, including warehouses and military sites belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah and pro-Iran militias".

It said sites had been targeted in the Kiswah area and another site south of the capital.

During more than a decade, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syria, but rarely comments on such attacks.

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