Zionist in deadliest Syria strikes this year

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Zionist air strikes near Damascus on Wednesday killed nine combatants, among them five Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid since the start of 2022, a war monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an ammunition depot and several positions linked to Iran’s military presence in Syria were among the targets.

Government media in Syria confirmed four of the five casualties in the strikes, on which Zionist entity did not comment. “The Zionist enemy carried out an air assault at dawn... targeting several positions around Damascus,” a military source was quoted as saying by the state news agency SANA.

“The investigation indicated that four soldiers were killed, three others injured and material dam

age noted.” The latest strike follows another near Damascus on April 14, without casualties, according to SANA.

The UK-based Observatory, which relies on a vast network of sources in every region of Syria, said eight people were also wounded in the strikes.

The other four killed were not members of the Syrian military but belonged to Iran-backed militia, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said, adding

he could not verify their nationality.

He said at least five separate sites were targeted in the latest Zionmist raid. AFP correspondents in the Syrian capital said they heard loud explosions.

Since the war broke out in Syria in 2011, Zionist entity has carried out hundreds of air strikes inside the country, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and Shiite militant group Hezbollah.