An Israeli soldier is seen on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on Nov. 18, 2020. The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had carried out several airstrikes against the Syrian armed forces and Iranian forces in Syria. A total of 10 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed by fresh Israeli strikes on Syrian military sites in the capital Damascus before daybreak Wednesday, a war monitor reported. (Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
DAMASCUS, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 10 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed by fresh Israeli strikes on Syrian military sites in the capital Damascus before daybreak Wednesday, a war monitor reported.
The Israeli strikes targeted an air defense position of the Syrian army as well as depots of the pro-Iran fighters and the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the southern and southwestern Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Britain-based watchdog group said the death toll includes three Syrian soldiers and five Iranian fighters as well as two fighters believed to be Iraqis or Lebanese.
Meanwhile, the state news agency SANA only reported the killing of three Syrian soldiers in the Israeli strikes. It said the Syrian air defenses intercepted a number of Israeli missiles.
Throughout the Syrian crisis, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, as well as convoys transporting weapons to Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia allegedly backed by Iran. Enditem
