DAMASCUS — An Israeli airstrike near
Damascus airport killed five Syria soldiers on Saturday, Syrian state media
said.
“The aggression led to the death of five soldiers
and some material damage,” Syria’s official news agency Sana quoted a military
source as saying.
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The strike carried out after midnight came “from the
northeastern direction of Lake Tiberias, targeting Damascus airport and some
points south of Damascus,” it added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor
confirmed that the strikes killed five Syrian soldiers and said two Iran-backed
fighters were also killed.
The monitor, which relies on a wide network of
sources inside Syria, said Israel targeted sites where Iran-backed groups are
stationed near Damascus airport and in the Damascus countryside.
An Israeli strike in the countryside around the
capital Damascus and south of coastal Tartus province killed three soldiers
last month.
In June, Israeli airstrikes put Damascus airport out
of service for nearly two weeks.
In the past month, Israeli airstrikes have twice
targeted Aleppo airport.
The rights monitor said at the time that those
strikes had targeted weapons depots belonging to Iran-backed militias.
Since civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, Israel has
carried out hundreds of strikes against its northern neighbor.
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