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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Several people killed in Israeli strikes on Iran-linked site in Syria

 A general view of Damascus
The strikes hit an area on the edge of a southern suburb of Damascus. Photograph: Yamam Al Shaar/Reuters

Israel has struck an Iran-linked site south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing several people, two days after regional tensions rose again when three US troops were killed in a drone attack on a military outpost in Jordan.

The Israeli strikes, which also left an unspecified number injured, were not regarded as a direct response to the attack on the Tower 22 base on Jordan’s border with Iraq and Syria.

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