An Israeli attack near Damascus leaves at least two soldiers dead

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2023-08-22 04:10:01

The Army of Israel ha killed to at least two military in an airstrike against facilities near the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, while the Ministry of Defense has limited the attack to one wounded.

The ministerial portfolio has indicated that the incident took place at 11:05 p.m. (local time), when “the Israeli enemy carried out an attack with guided missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of the city of Damascus, wounding a soldier and causing some material losses”.

For its part, the observatory, based in London and informant in the Arab country, has indicated that the nationality of the soldiers is unknown and has added that the missiles have caused the destruction of an infrastructure that stored vehicles near the Damascus International Airport. .

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