Israeli Warplanes Airstrike South Damascus - Syrian Reports

Published November 25th, 2020 - 07:14 GMT
An elderly Syrian woman waits to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp holding relatives of alleged Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on November 24, 2020. AFP
An elderly Syrian woman waits to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp holding relatives of alleged Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on November 24, 2020. AFP

Syria’s military said Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes to the south of the capital late Tuesday, state media reported. 

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the attack was directed from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights against a mountain, adding property damage occurred as a result.

Israel has occupied most of the Syrian Golan Heights since the 1967 Middle East War.

 

Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against targets in Syria, including against military sites of the Bashar al-Assad regime and Iranian-backed groups.

Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.

Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million others displaced, according to UN officials.

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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