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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes and agencies

Israel launches bombing raids in Syria and Lebanon

A Syrian government tank drives in Sweida as dark smoke billows in the background.
Smoke from Israeli strikes rises in the predominately Druze city of Sweida, as Syria's government forces drive through. Israel hopes to weaken Damascus’s new administration Photograph: Bakr Alkasem/AFP/Getty Images

Israel has launched bombing raids against two of its neighbours, hitting government forces in southern Syria and what it said were Hezbollah targets in eastern Lebanon.

In Syria, the strikes hit forces loyal to the transitional government that had been sent south to the province of Sweida, which is near Israel. Syrian state media also reported Israeli strikes on Tuesday in the nearby province of Deraa.

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