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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Kill 4 Soldiers, Injure 1

Syria intercepted Israeli missiles over the capital Damascus and its southern suburbs. Reuters file photo

Israeli airstrikes hit central and coastal regions of Syria early Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding one, the Syrian military said.

State media quoted an unidentified Syrian military official as saying that Israeli warplanes flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles toward military positions in coastal and central Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that load explosions were heard in the coastal province of Latakia as well as Hama and Homs regions in central Syria, The Associated Press reported.

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.

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