Beirut, Aug 7 (AP) Israeli airstrikes hit areas round Damascus early Monday, killing at the very least 4 Syrian troopers, Syrian state media reported.

Syrian state tv, citing a army supply, mentioned 4 different troopers had been additionally wounded whereas the strikes triggered “some material damage.”

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Israeli authorities didn’t instantly remark.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked conflict monitor, mentioned the strikes focused weapons and munitions warehouses and positions of Iran-backed militias round Damascus. They say at the very least six had been killed and 7 others wounded.

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The Observatory mentioned the strikes mark twenty second time Israel has struck Syria this yr.

Israel, which has vowed to cease Iranian entrenchment subsequent door, has carried out lots of of strikes on targets in government-controlled components of neighboring Syria lately, however it hardly ever acknowledges them.

Israel has additionally focused the worldwide airports in Damascus and the northern Syrian metropolis of Aleppo a number of occasions over the previous few years, usually placing it out of fee.(AP)

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