Israeli strikes hurt 5 Syrian soldiers
Five Syrian soldiers were wounded in the latest Israeli air strike on Syria, state news agency SANA reported yesterday, with Iran saying two Revolutionary Guards officers died in earlier attacks. During more than a decade of civil war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, as well as Syrian army positions. The strike early yesterday near the western Syrian city of Homs was Israel's third in recent days after the capital Damascus was targeted on the nights of March 30 and 31, according to the agency. "The Israeli enemy carried out an air assault... targeting positions in the city of Homs and its province," SANA reported, citing a military source. Syria's air defence intercepted several missiles, but five soldiers were wounded and some material damage was reported, SANA said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the strikes targeted several military positions of Syrian government forces and pro-Iran groups. The monitor said explosions rocked the city and a fire broke out in a research centre, with ambulances heading to the scene of the attack.
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