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At least 36 killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Palmyra: State media

The amphitheatre of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria [File: Omar Sanadiki/Reuters]

At least 36 people have been killed and 50 wounded in an Israeli attack that hit residential buildings in the Syrian city of Palmyra, Syrian state media report.

The air attack was launched from the direction of al-Tanf in eastern Syria and caused “significant material damage”, Syria’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday that was quoted by the state news agency SANA. Al-Tanf is an area near the Iraqi border controlled by the United States.

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